Why Social Determinants Matter in Health Journalism
The belief in the ability to exert control over one’s life and environment is regarded as essential for both physical and mental well-being. Both philosophy... Read More
The Global Refugee Crisis: Changing Health Needs
An unprecedented 65 million people worldwide have been displaced from their homes, many by war, persecution and violence. The refugee crisis has ensnared people in... Read More
Antibiotic Resistance: The Next Challenges
There is near-universal recognition now that antibiotic resistance, generated by overuse and misuse in medicine and agriculture, is a grave global problem. It accounts for... Read More
Slow-Motion Epidemics: The Global Threat of Chronic Disease
Infectious diseases such as Ebola make headlines as public health threats in poor countries and as fear factors when they spread to rich ones, but... Read More
The Future of Work
A range of technologies, including cloud and mobile computing, big data and machine learning, sensors and intelligent manufacturing, and robotics and drones, are transforming societies... Read More
The Challenges of Covering Infectious Disease Outbreaks
SARS. Bird flu. Ebola. Zika. Outbreaks of new or re-emerging diseases keep coming, and science, society and the media always seem to be caught off... Read More
Cutting-Edge Nuclear Technology: Which Questions Matter?
How should science reporters write about nuclear technology — both fission and fusion? Should they focus on the scientific, the engineering and the safety aspect?... Read More
Stories Don’t Stop at Borders, So Journalists Shouldn’t Either
Science is an international business, major stories are cross-border or even global and the need for independent journalism to reflect this is vital. Yet the... Read More
The Human Ethics of Global Crisis Reporting
Science is at the heart of many of the world’s greatest crises, including infectious disease outbreaks, weather and climate related catastrophes, and energy sector exploitation... Read More
“Contact” Plus 20: Where We Are in the Search for Aliens
2017 marks 20 years since the movie “Contact” was released, and it still holds up as a classic story about the search for extraterrestrial intelligence,... Read More