I don’t believe in change for the sake of change.
I’ve been blogging for more than 7 years now, and my blog has gathered quite a following, with high rankings on Wikio.com and Technorati, for example. One competition named ours the “Best Medical Blog of 2009.”
But there were good reasons for changing the name of my blog from “Gary Schwitzer’s HealthNewsReview Blog” to “Health News Watchdog.”
I held a logo contest on the interesting 99 Designs website, and, after more than 100 entries by a dozen designers, chose the following. Hope you like it. The mascot is not supposed to look mean or rabid, just watchful and dedicated. That’s the intent.
Opinions on other issues in news, journals, PR, advertising, marketing
The tale of two “negative” studies. Or, how spin is applied to make research findings look more impressive. A must read. https://johnmandrola.substack.com/p/the-tale-of-two-negative-studies
The @nytimes chose to interview one of the editors of the @AnnalsofIM (publisher of this paper) who "gushed with extraordinary glee: It’s huge! There are very few things that reduce your mortality by 30%."
Turns out coffee is not one of those few things despite all that glee. https://twitter.com/garyschwitzer/status/1533202075928215558
Comments
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Diana
November 30, 2011 at 8:26 amBravo, Gary! The new site looks terrific! Love the watchdog!
Dan Henkel
November 30, 2011 at 9:08 amGary:
Love the new site! HNR has always been an important service, but the new site has improved functionality and a clean look. Most important, it makes it clear who’s reviewing what and who those reviewers are. Congratulations on what you’ve achieved, and many thanks for your leadership in the quest for improving health communications.
Susan Fitzgerald
November 30, 2011 at 11:00 amThank you, thank you, thank you for having dark type on white background! The other changes are great, too.
What you’ve described here about the changes offers an excellent example of transparency, self-examination and user responsiveness. Five stars!
Claudia Collucci
November 30, 2011 at 12:41 pmCongratulations, Gary. The new site is great! Thanks for this important service.
Gregory D. Pawelski
November 30, 2011 at 2:41 pmI have only one question. HealthNewsReview vs Health News Watchdog. The old title was too long? It’s nice to have all the applets gone. Took up a lot of power loading up the page.
Gary Schwitzer
November 30, 2011 at 2:47 pmGregory:
The main site’s name has not changed: HealthNewsReview.org.
It’s the blog within the site for which the name has changed.
It was: Gary Schwitzer’s HealthNewsReview Blog.
It’s now: Health News Watchdog.
Thanks for your continued interest.
Meg Bowen
December 1, 2011 at 11:17 amThe design is beautiful and well thought out. The site is ever-so-easy to navigate, and I LOVE the new logo…very cool. Great job and keep up the good work, you are making a difference!
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