Beyond borders: Is media freedom contagious?
2010 study published in Kyklos: International Review of Social Sciences on the geographic spillover of increased media freedom.
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Smoking cessation and postoperative complications
2011 metastudy published in The American Journal of Medicine on the effects of quitting smoking on post-operative complications.
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Five ways journalists can use Twitter better
Post by Columbia University’s Sree Sreenivasan on ways journalists can effectively leverage Twitter, the leading micro-blogging service
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Comparing outcomes in foster care and group care
2010 study by University of Pittsburgh and University of Maryland on outcomes for youth placed in alternate forms of foster care.
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Human contribution to precipitation extremes
2011 study published in Nature on the relationship between human-induced increases in greenhouse gases and increased weather extremes.
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How girls and boys adjust to leaving risky neighborhoods
2011 study in the American Journal of Sociology on gender differences and outcomes of housing relocations.
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Case study: Knowledge-based journalism and the UNC News21 experience
Case study by UNC-Chapel Hill on giving a group of highly motivated journalism the means, knowledge and training necessary for them to create a innovative news product.
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Chernobyl 20 years after: Health consequences
2006 study published in Environmental Health Perspectives on the response to and impacts of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
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National Bureau of Economic Research: A decade of debt
2011 study for the National Bureau of Economic research on high levels of public debt and the consequences.
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Online metrics and the future of digital journalism
2010 study by Columbia University’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism on the difficulties for media organizations of understanding their online audiences.
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