How the Star's HPV story went wrong

Sarah Kaplan recaps the Toronto Star's misadventure in investigative science journalism, now retracted but still online elsewhere for now. Part of the problem, Kaplan writes, lies in the differences between science and journalism: "All reporters face dueling pressures when covering medicine and other science issues. On the one hand, they want to craft a compelling narrative. On the other, science values statistics, not stories and anecdotes."

February 27, 2015

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