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Expert Commentary

COVID booster vaccine
Health, Politics & Government

4 tips for covering COVID-19 vaccine boosters

by Naseem S. Miller | October 12, 2021

Confusion and controversy surrounding COVID-19 vaccine boosters underscore the importance of journalists’ role in clearly explaining the scientific process to the public. Here are four tips to help you with your reporting.

Expert Commentary

debt ceiling
Economics

What’s the debt ceiling and why should you care? Former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew explains.

by Clark Merrefield | October 5, 2021

The debt ceiling stalemate isn’t just a story for business journalists. In this Q&A, former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew explains the potential fallout from a federal debt default.

Expert Commentary

inequality
Economics

Research sheds light on how labor unions reduced income inequality from WWII through the 1970s

by Clark Merrefield | October 4, 2021

Unions played a key role in reducing income inequality during the middle of the 20th century, when the wage difference between the highest and lowest earners significantly shrank.

Expert Commentary

pregnancy and COVID-19 vaccines
Health

COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy: What research shows

by Naseem S. Miller | September 29, 2021

We’ve summarized several academic papers that investigate outcomes of COVID-19 — and the vaccines against it — among pregnant individuals.

Expert Commentary

religious exemption covid-19 vaccine mandate research
Education, Health, Politics & Government

Religious exemptions and required vaccines: Examining the research

by Denise-Marie Ordway | September 29, 2021

How often do students and employees claim vaccine mandates conflict with their religious beliefs? What are schools doing to discourage exemptions to required childhood vaccines? We look at the research.

Expert Commentary

religious exemption COVID-19 vaccine students employees
Education, Health, Politics & Government

4 tips for covering religious exemptions to vaccine mandates

by Denise-Marie Ordway | September 28, 2021

Law professor Dorit Reiss, whose research focuses on vaccine mandates and religious exemptions, offers advice on how journalists should think about and cover these issues amid COVID-19.

Expert Commentary

vaccines
Health, Race & Gender

It’s flu season. Here’s what research shows about adult vaccinations

by Naseem S. Miller | September 22, 2021

Studies show that Black and Hispanic adults in the U.S. have lower rates of immunization against vaccine-preventable infections compared with white adults.

Expert Commentary

local tv
Economics, Health, Media

COVID, Sinclair Broadcasting and changing job roles: 5 recent studies on the state of local TV news

by Clark Merrefield | September 21, 2021

Research explores how local TV news affects public perceptions of pandemic protocols, the rise of national coverage on local TV news and changes in how local TV journalists do their jobs.

Expert Commentary

Education, Health

Teachers and school staff play a central role in COVID-19 outbreaks on campus, research suggests

by Denise-Marie Ordway | September 15, 2021

School employees have been the source of many outbreaks and may be more likely to transmit the virus to coworkers than students, research suggests. Meanwhile, many teachers are at risk for severe illness if infected.

Expert Commentary

Beige Book
Economics

Story ideas from the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book: Sept. 2021

by Clark Merrefield | September 14, 2021

The Beige Book offers a high-level glimpse of current economic sentiment across the bank’s 12 districts. We reveal story ideas from the September release, including the flipside of the global microchip shortage that’s hurting auto sales, “belligerent customers” and more.

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Medicaid: A guide to understanding and covering potential cuts to the program
Health, Politics & Government

Medicaid: A guide to understanding and covering potential cuts to the program

April 30, 2025

To help finance trillions of dollars in tax cuts, Congressional Republicans are looking to cut hundreds of billions of dollars in spending, which could impact Medicaid. We provide background, resources and research on the policies under consideration.

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ICE’s recent detention data: What journalists need to understand
Politics & Government

ICE’s recent detention data: What journalists need to understand

April 21, 2025

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s detained population flatlined in April, but there’s more to the numbers than meets the eye. It’s time to level up our understanding of detention data.

Childhood vaccines: What research shows about their safety and potential side effects
Health, Politics & Government

Childhood vaccines: What research shows about their safety and potential side effects

February 26, 2025

In this piece, we share reporting tips, explain how vaccine side effects are tracked in the U.S., and discuss research on the safety of childhood vaccines.

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