2005 Wistar Institute Science Journalism award winner announced
...plications for the future. Intelligent, perceptive journalism written in broadly accessible language plays a primary role in communicating progress in biomedicine to the public, which both supports and is the beneficiary of basic biomedical research. For these reasons, journalistic excellence in this area is of...What are the roles and responsibilities of the media in disseminating health information?
...ished. "But that approach may result in shoddy journalism and potential harm to the public," says Schwitzer. "I assert that it isn't sufficient to be accurate and clear when covering health news. Journalists have a responsibility to mirror a society's needs and issues, comprehensively and proportionally. ...Massachusetts General Hospital launches magazine that examines medicine's leading edge
...Our goal is to deliver solid, hard-hitting medical journalism in a manner that is informative and entertaining."...UGA receives $3.5 million CDC grant to create center in health marketing and health communication
...ki Freimuth, professor of speech communication and journalism and principal investigator for the center grant. "Communication and marketing can reduce these gaps but first we must learn more about making risk messages relevant and culturally appropriate for the southern poor." The new UGA center is one of two ...Sacking of Canadian Medical Association Journal's editors 'deeply troubling'
...ical journals have a long history of investigative journalism through which they perform an important watchdog f...o publish peer-reviewed research and investigative journalism is false. Journals have a responsibility--in fact, a duty--to do both."...Newspaper coverage of neurologic conditions incorrect 20 percent of the time, study shows
...dy partnering Mayo Clinic physicians and school of journalism experts from Arizona State University. Researchers...e study paired unlikely partners -- physicians and journalism school experts -- and was the first to examine stigma and accuracy within newspaper coverage of neur...World's largest osteoporosis congress closes; significant studies released
...rnalists from Malaysia and UK won top osteoporosis journalism awards. Seven young investigators from seven countries received IOF-Novartis Young Scholars' Awards A Boston-based researcher won the IOF-Servier Young Investigator Award. A new video highlighting the international work of IOF and its members in ...2006 Science-in-Society award winners announced
...e award is considered the highest honor in science journalism because winners are chosen by panels of their accomplished peers and lauded for work that would not receive an award from an interest group. The awards are not subsidized by any commercial interest. Expenses and prize money for the award come from th...Polish journalist scoops first prize in prestigious European award
... In order to further promote excellence in cancer journalism ESO is pleased to announce the launch of its Cancer Media Service (CMS) at www.cancerworld.org/mediaservice . By setting up this Service ESO hopes to encourage more intelligent and critical coverage of cancer and to cultivate a more positive but rea...