Meanwhile, science journalism itself is under greater scrutiny, held to account by the same watchdog service that it is meant to provide. If mistakes are made, ...

Last August, science journalists lost one of their most precious resources when the Knight Science Journalism program shut down its Tracker blog, which had provided sharp, comprehensive coverage of ...

Science journalism is a way of thinking, a journalistic practice rooted in evidence: how it is gathered, how it is verified, how it bumps up against communities’ realities. Science journalism means ...

But needlessly so? Perhaps. Tom Rosenstiel, director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism and vice chairman of the Committee of Concerned Journalists, told the audience that there is “a golden ...

Although it was inspired by problems with science journalism, Futurity will host news about research in the humanities and other areas, as well. But Futurity isn't simply going to aggregate ...

Credit: Pew Research Center. Last year was a tough one for science journalism. National Geographic laid off all of its staff reporters, and Wired laid off 20 people.And the most recent blow came in ...

Science Journalism. It's not a secret that journalism has struggled in recent years. Revenues are down, staffs have been cut, and once-famous newspapers have folded. In a sense, journalism is a modern ...

Science journalism is in decline; science blogging is growing fast. But can the one replace the other, asks Geoff Brumfiel. John Timmer's slide into journalism was so gradual even he can't put his ...

Science journalism, the medium that is meant to translate important research papers into plain english, has its own long list of problems. There are the sensationalists, ...