Eric R. Rimm, Author at The Journalist's Resource

Health, Media

Is alcohol good or bad for you? Yes.

by Kenneth Mukamal and Eric R. Rimm | August 29, 2024

It’s all more nuanced than headlines (including this one) suggest.

Editors’ Picks

Education, Health, Politics & Government

Routine childhood vaccinations and changing school requirements: A primer and research roundup

August 13, 2024

We examine research to help journalists report on strategies to increase childhood vaccinations as the political divide in Americans’ attitudes toward vaccines widens.

Health

Mpox: An explainer and research roundup

August 13, 2024

A handful of researchers tried to notify the international community about a brewing problem with mpox, but their reports went mostly unnoticed until an outbreak in the United Kingdom in May 2022. Following a new alert from the CDC we’ve updated this piece, first published in 2022, with more research.

Economics, Environment

Carbon offsets: 4 things journalists need to understand

July 22, 2024

From our recent webinar with the nonprofit CarbonPlan, learn how voluntary carbon offset markets work and how journalists can use OffsetsDB, a free data repository, to check companies’ carbon neutrality and “net zero” claims.