Journalism:
I heard a piece by David Kestenbaum on NPR's "Morning Edition" that hasn't been sitting right with me. You, dear readers, get to help me figure out what's bugging me about the story, a profile of 16-year-old climate skeptic Kristen...
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Posted on April 15, 2008 12:50 PM • 89 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I haven't given up yet. You know I'm still looking for more clarity on the basic premises of framing. I tried to work out what does and does not fall within the framing strategy in a flowcharted example and (again)...
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Posted on April 11, 2008 2:24 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
You'll remember that I tried to work out precisely what was being claimed in the premises behind framing set out by Chris Mooney. At the end of this exercise, I was left with the hunch that one's optimal communication strategy...
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Posted on April 5, 2008 4:03 PM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Chris Mooney lays out the argument behind "framing". I give my thoughts, item by item....
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Posted on April 2, 2008 11:40 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Maybe you saw the story in the New York Times about new research that may show that ingesting too much caffeine while pregnant increases the chances of miscarriage. And, if you're like me, one of the first things you did...
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Posted on January 23, 2008 5:51 PM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I'm late to this round of the discussion about scientists and journalists (for which, as usually, Bora compiles a comprehensive list of links). The question that seems to have kicked off this round is why scientists are sometimes reluctant to...
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Posted on June 21, 2007 5:32 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Uncle Fishy and RMD pointed me to this story in the New York Times about a last-minute extra assignment (due today) for students enrolled in "Critical Issues in Journalism" at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Not an extra...
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Posted on December 7, 2006 9:13 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I'm blaming the folks at Three Bulls! for the post that incited this one. Indeed, I started my descent into what is clearly a delusional plan in a comment there. The short version: Pinko Punko was disturbed at how very...
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Posted on October 9, 2006 7:58 PM • 27 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Amanda Marcotte at Pandagon put up a post about gender essentialism that starts by citing this post at Mixing Memory on how people's representations of homosexuality affect their attitudes toward homosexuality. Because Chris's post cited my two posts (initially sparked...
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Posted on July 13, 2006 4:22 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The other day I was chatting with one of my contacts within the world of journalism, who told me about attending a conference aimed at getting reporters more access to scientists. The conference actually collected a good number of working...
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Posted on July 11, 2006 2:20 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Given that I've weighed in on "nerd culture" and some of the social pressures that influence women's relationships to this culture, I had to pass this on: The New York Daily News ran an article extolling the advantages of nerds...
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Posted on June 21, 2006 3:39 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I think after this one, we'll be ready to move on to cow (or soy) milk and solids! My last post on the breastfeeding issue pointed you to an academic examination of some of the claims being advanced in support...
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Posted on June 21, 2006 12:02 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A few days ago I pondered the ethical dimensions of breastfeeding given a recent article trumpeting its astounding benefits for infants and mothers. Those ethical considerations took as given that the claims trumpeting in the article were more or less...
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Posted on June 20, 2006 1:42 PM • 8 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
I'm following up on my earlier post in the wake of the outing of dKos blogger Armando. At Majikthise, Lindsay Beyerstein had posted an interesting discussion of the issues around pseudonymous blogging, and whether it might sometimes be ethical to...
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Posted on June 19, 2006 4:31 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Hey, do you remember that oft cited Newsweek article from 1986 that proclaimed that the chances of a 40-year-old single, white, college educated woman getting married were less than her chances of getting killed in an act of terrorism? It...
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Posted on June 5, 2006 9:31 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
In a post last week, I was trying to work out whether science journalism can do something more for us than just delivering press releases from the scientists. Specifically, I suggested that journalists with a reasonable understanding of scientific methodology...
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Posted on April 2, 2006 9:33 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Janet D. Stemwedel (whose nom de blog is Dr. Free-Ride) is an assistant professor of philosophy at San Jose State University. Before becoming a philosopher, she earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. Email her at dr.freeride@gmail.com.
