Health care reporting
How to tap into patient reviews of local hospitals
If you haven't examined how your local hospitals performed in the latest Medicare surveys, you're…
Health care coverage is more than numbers
We’ve heard a lot about the HealthCare.gov website and its performance metrics recently. But the…
How to fact-check the health care law
Before the health care law -- aka Obamacare -- the American health care system was…
How to avoid mistakes in covering the Affordable Care Act
If there’s one thing everyone can agree on about Obamacare, it’s that the law is…
How to weave the stories of ‘real folks’ into coverage of health-care law
On a hot, humid summer day it's easy to find somebody who is uninsured --…
How reporters can localize coverage of the Affordable Care Act
Health reporting is steeped in science and certainty. Healthcare reform is a different beast, dominated…
5 myths about the Affordable Health Care Act
Let’s face it: As a reporter, there’s pretty much nothing you can write or broadcast…
AP stylebook adds entry on mental illness
AP Stylebook | NAB The Associated Press has introduced guidance on how to use information…
SCOTUSblog details in 7,000 words how CNN, Fox got Health Care ruling wrong
SCOTUSblog In an exhaustive account, SCOTUSblog publisher and co-founder Tom Goldstein describes, minute by minute,…
Justice Ginsburg cites Washington Post reporter in health care decision
I am not gonna pretend that I've read today's healthcare decision yet, but this has…
CNN issues correction, Fox issues statement on Supreme Court reporting mistakes
The ruling has come down: Both CNN and Fox badly bungled their reporting of today's…
Who was first with healthcare ruling depends on where you were looking
Forget the war going on between AP, CNN and Fox over the latter outlets' botched…
CNN, Fox News err in covering Supreme Court health care ruling
The Supreme Court announced its ruling on the Affordable Care Act around 10:15 a.m. ET.…
How to report the hidden stories of economy-related mental health issues
The Great Recession is technically over, but in many communities, people are still reeling from…