The Science Journalist Online: Shifting Roles and Emerging Practices
Science journalists in the US and UK face unique pressures adapting to the social and participatory nature of online news, to economic conditions that force them to fill a diversity of roles in the newsroom, and to the many hats they must wear if they are to survive as freelancers. As a consequence, science journalists…
Response to Statements Made by Blogger Joe Romm on Analysis of Coverage at the Washington Post
Allegations of widespread “false balance” in mainstream news coverage of climate change- as well as other mainstream media portrayals- have been voiced for more than a decade. Among the strongest voices asserting widespread false balance has been blogger Joe Romm. Consider these examples, which are representative of many similar claims consistently voiced by Romm: An…