Improving Health & Medical Journalism

Gary Schwitzer, Associate Professor
University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication
schwitz@umn.edu, 612-626-4637

About the author

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Visit HealthNewsReview.org

My Articles on Health/Medical Journalism

Recommended reading:

Read evaluations of health news stories at HealthNewsReview.org

Association of Health Care Journalists Statement of Principles

Media Doctor: Australian site to improve accuracy of health/medical journalism

Hitting the Headlines: British site assesses reliability of health stories & underlying research

Health, Hope and Hype: Why the media oversell medical 'breakthroughs'

Covering pharmaceutical issues -- index page

Media Coverage of Scientific Meetings: Too Much, Too Soon?

Sensationalism in the Media: When Scientists and Journalists May Be Complicit Collaborators

Medicine, the media and monetary interests: the need for transparency and professionalism

Learn about the UMN's new health journalism M.A. program

Join the Association of Health Care Journalists at www.ahcj.umn.edu

Natural Cures Cure Hemorrhoids Cure Yeast Infections

A Complication of the Couric Crusade

                                                                    GALLERY OF HYPERBOLE        

© 2002 Gary Schwitzer, schwitz@umn.edu . Site last updated on June 2, 2008