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SciWriteLabs #5.1: Nature’s Ananyo Bhattacharya on “Bad Science,” inverted pyramids, and information webs

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: November 7, 2011

Category: Media, science, SciWriteLabs | Tagged Alan Dove, Ananyo Bhattacharya, Andrew Wakefield, Association of British Science Writers, Ben Goldacre, Brendan Maher, David Kroll, Ed Yong, Ivan Oransky, Martin Robbins, MMR, Nature, Reuters, The Guardian, Vincent Racaniello | 5 Comments

SciWriteLabs #3: TWiV co-hosts on arrogance vs. accountability

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: October 21, 2011

Category: Journalism, Media, science, SciWriteLabs | Tagged Alan Dove, MIT, This Week in Virology, Trine Tsouderos, Vincent Racaniello | 1 Comment

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

Guardian ends run of smart science journalism discussions with scientists’ self-congratulatory essay about peer review*

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: October 12, 2011

Category: Journalism, Media, science | Tagged Chicago Tribune, David Kroll, MIT, The Guardian, This Week in Virology, Trine Tsouderos, Vincent Racaniello | 21 Comments