The coronavirus pandemic is a global, national, regional, local and hyperlocal news story that spans every beat. The Journalist’s Resource team is creating a series of research roundups and tip sheets to inform news coverage of COVID-19 and the many topics it influences.
Highlighting a recent article in the American Journal of Public Health, a comics journalist tells the story of an effort to increase COVID vaccination rates in Chicago’s House Ball community.
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In this updated piece, we explain the most common types of research papers journalists will encounter, noting their strengths and weaknesses.
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The CDC use a series of steps and checklists to develop its guidelines. The agency recently published a document detailing the process.
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Parental consent laws vary by state by the type of health care service. This piece brings you an overview of the issue and lists several studies and resources to help you with your reporting.
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A large national survey explores the characteristics of U.S. adults who wear masks but remain unvaccinated and those who are vaccinated but don’t wear masks.
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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.
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We’ve summarized several academic papers that investigate outcomes of COVID-19 — and the vaccines against it — among pregnant individuals.
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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.
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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.
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Vaccine hesitancy has taken on a greater urgency because of the COVID-19 pandemic. We summarize several studies on this topic and list data sources that track vaccine hesitancy trends across the U.S.
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