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IN JOURNALISM
Despite the pressure of impend- Does your report make clear the
ing deadlines and the desire to source, funding and organisa-
be ‘first with the story’ – have you tional affiliations of the research
fully verified the research find-
ings you are working from?
findings? Whenever possible
have named scientists been
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quoted, and their research base,
Have you considered the possi- scientific methods and funding
bility of biased or partial inter- stream been identified?
pretation in the methodology,
analysis, and reporting of the sci- However tight your deadline,
entific information you are deal- have you widened your research
ing with in your story? on the story beyond the PR or
press release material you have
been presented with?
Presentation
& Style Have ‘headline’ or key messages
been highlighted via the lan-
guage and structure of the
material?
MATERIALS
Covid19 (IJNET)
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