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Best Practices for Investigating Healthcare Issues
As the world’s health risks continue to evolve, dedicated health journalists have never been more important.
As the world’s health risks continue to evolve, dedicated health journalists have never been more important.
Collaboration between investigative journalists and scientists can bring great rewards, but for successful collaborations, journalists must also consider how they can help scientists.
When news outlets report that new research studies prove something, they’re almost certainly wrong. They find evidence — sometimes, extraordinarily strong evidence. It’s important journalists understand that science is an ongoing process of collecting and interrogating evidence, with each new discovery building on or raising questions about earlier discoveries.