See my article on the Columbia Journalism Review’s <a href=”http://www.cjrdaily.org/behind_the_news/tv_medical_reporters_puppets_a.php” target=”_blank”>CJR Daily website</a>. In recognition of the sorry state of television health news, it’s a call for certification of TV health reporters. TV meteorologists get certified by the American Meteorological Society after they prove some level of knowledge and skill. But the audience doesn’t know [...]
40-million uninsured Americans. 15 percent of the GNP spent on health care. Medicare in trouble. States squeezed to manage Medicaid. Just a few things in the news, yet local TV news doesn’t find time for many of these issues. See my J school’s summer <a href=”http://www.sjmc.umn.edu/mreporter/healthcomm.html” target=”_blank”>magazine</a> for a glimpse of my 2004 election year [...]
We look for more critical analysis of FDA expedited approval of a new drug like this.
Five-star story on small study that tries to counter large body of evidence on soy supplements for hot flashes.
Our reviewers, including a leading women’s health clinician-researcher, felt this piece would have been benefited from more data and context.
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