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SciWriteLabs #2: Reuters’ Ivan Oransky and Wired’s Adam Rogers on sources v. subjects & more on the factchecking debate

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: October 20, 2011
Category: Journalism, science, SciWriteLabs | Tagged Adam Rogers, David Kroll, Embargo Watch, factchecking, Ivan Oransky, NYU, Rebecca Skloot, Retraction Watch, Reuters, SHERP, Vincent Racaniello, Wikipedia, Wired | 4 Comments

Introducing SciWriteLabs. Today’s installment: Kroll and Racaniello discuss the journalism/factchecking debate

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: October 19, 2011
Category: Journalism, science, SciWriteLabs | Tagged Adam Rogers, Dave Tuller, David Kroll, Ed Yong, George Johnson, Maryn McKenna, Rebecca Skloot, Slate, The Guardian, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, This Week in Virology, Trine Tsouderos, Vincent Racaniello, XMRV | 11 Comments
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