Diverse perspectives on science and medicine
The summer has not been an easy one for aficionados or practitioners of science writing. There was, of course, the ongoing, death-by-1,000-cuts Jonah Lehrer fiasco, where, over a period of more than a month, one of
My first contact with Jonah Lehrer came almost exactly two years ago, on August 4, 2010. He had just published a 660-word Wired blog post titled “The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories,” which recounted an anecdote from
Last Tuesday, I published the first of a three-part Q&A with Pulitzer Prize winning science reporter Amy Harmon of The New York Times’s. That conversation focused on “Navigating Love and Autism,” Harmon’s latest story about
Over the holidays, The New York Times gave those of us who love good science writing and value in-depth reportage a fantastic present in the form of “Navigating Love and Autism,” Amy Harmon‘s front-page dispatch
This is the second post in an ongoing SciWriteLabs discussion about fact-checking and the appropriate way for writers to interact with sources. Part one, which featured Vincent Racaniello and David Kroll, is here. Today’s participants: