Investigating Health and Medicine

This guide will provide reporters with the basic knowledge they need to dig deeper into many aspects of COVID-19 and other public health issues.

Combining the methods and standards of muckraking and Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) can be highly effective.

If your story is about drugs, it is essential to delve into their development and approval history.

In order to work as an investigative journalist in health and medicine, remember that flaws in scientific methodology often indicate that further digging is needed.

One of the first things you learn as an investigative reporter is to beware of unconscious biases, including what is known as “anchoring” or “cognitive tunneling.”

Investigative reporters need a systematic understanding of drug development and testing, including a review of the related literature and data.

Although in parts of the world investigating pharmaceuticals can be physically dangerous, in others you risk your reputation rather than your life.

Glossary of Terms, Regulatory Agencies, and Bibliography.