Additional readings and handouts
Many teachers supplement their text reading assignments with other materials, such as those listed here.
The articles and readings below can be used as handouts in class. Have a suggestion for an addition to this list? Send us email.
- NASW Science in Society award-winning articles
- "How We Uncovered The Hidden Fatality In A Clinical Trial," by Deborah Nelson and Rick Weiss (ScienceWriters, Spring 2000)
- "The Blow-by-Blow Story of NASA, AAAS, Stanford and the Martian Meteorite," by Vincent Kiernan (ScienceWriters, Spring 2000)
- Columbia Journalism Review article on the challenge of covering cancer "cures."
- Over the past few years, several issues of the Nieman Reports have devoted lengthy sections to science and medical journalism.
