Tabitha M. Powledge writes about a Vox post by Julia Belluz on what's still wrong with medical journalism (and science writing generally) in the digital age. Going online has been a mixed blessing, she writes: "We have fewer space constraints than dead-tree journalism, so we can explain more. We can update with ease. We can link to background information, primary studies, and other kinds of illumination. Arrayed against those, however, are those clickbait pressures."
June 25, 2016