It doesn’t take one thousand words to write an excellent story. We’ve given our top five-star scores to some stories that used only 500 or so words. One recent example: “Less acid, brittler hips? Some heartburn drugs may be behind an increase in fractures,” 566-word story by Los Angeles Times. But stories in the 100-300 [...]
I have not written about the surprise December 26 sale of the Minneapolis Star Tribune to Avista Capital Partners. Clearly it was another sign of tough economic times in the newspaper industry. Today’s health section of the paper may be another sign of a paper limping through its routine. It’s a weekly health section and [...]
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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