Document: CAR-3-512-193

Why the research you think should be in the news isn't and the news you think shouldn't be in the news is.

YOON, C.*

New York Times, NY USA 1

Abstract:
Scientists often express befuddlement over why field-changing studies do not make it into the news and why research that is almost universally deemed to be trivial can result in splashy headlines. In a discussion of my own experience as a scientist-turned-journalist in trying to understand what is and isn't news, I will discuss how science does and doesn't end up in places like the Science Times, and what that says about the job science journalists are doing and trying to do.

Keywords: journalism

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This abstract is being presented at: 8:15 AM in session:
Symposium # 13: Ecology in the Media.