Misrepresentation of randomized controlled trials in press releases and news coverage
2012 study in PLoS Medicine on studies, associated press releases and media coverage to understand how accurately the research results were conveyed.
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Informing the news: The need for knowledge-based reporting
Essay by Thomas E. Patterson, Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center.
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State of the free press: Research chat with media law expert Lucy Dalglish
2013 interview with Lucy Dalglish, Dean of Phillip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland. She was previously executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
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Journalism education reform trends, ideas and research: Roundup of recent news, publications
Collection of articles and projects with a journalism education reform theme published in 2012-2013.
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Database checklist: Key academic research resources — both free and restricted
Article with links to key academic and research databases and a discussion of free/paid access issues.
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Research chat: Martin Nisenholtz on the New York Times and digital journalism
June 2013 interview with Martin Nisenholtz, senior advisor for the New York Times Company and an adjunct associate professor at the Columbia Journalism School.
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Understanding data journalism: Overview of resources, tools and topics
2012 article surveying the sites, tools and concepts that are part of the evolving field of data journalism. Topics covered include open datasets as well as data cleanup and visualization.
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Double majors: Influences, identities and impacts
2012 study from Vanderbilt University’s Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy on the demographics, motivations and outcomes of double majoring in college.
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Six powerful examples of journalism’s importance: Recent civic impacts of the press
Six powerful investigative stories from 2013, finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, that make for a strong reading list for classrooms and those interested in journalism.
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How to write an op-ed or column
Tip sheet on formulating, researching, writing and editing news opinion articles.
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