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Finally, help for science journalists
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December 8, 2009 - Posted by Regan Ray
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 When it comes to science stories, overworked reporters often resort to rounding up quotes from duelling experts, writes Peter Calamai. Enter the recently launched Science Media Centre of Canada, which will arm journalists with information and help them cover stories with science content.
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Some day, you'll cover a health crisis
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June 9, 2009 - Posted by Regan Ray
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 The latest health scare in Canada won’t be the last, writes former Toronto Star health reporter Karen Palmer. With more than 2,400 cases of the H1N1 flu virus confirmed in Canada, the story affects all beats and requires teamwork from editors and reporters.
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What do you mean by "pandemic"?
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June 9, 2009 - Posted by Maija Saari
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As N1H1 influenza continues to spread, Lawrence Altman provides a good backgrounder in The New York Times about what "pandemic" means. The article illustrates the challenge of using medical terminology that presumes the receiver knows what the speaker intends.
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Of lipstick on pigs
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May 4, 2009 - Posted by Patricia Elliott
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 Should journalists participate in the
rebranding of swine flu? "It is not a 'swine' flu, and people
need to stop calling it that," Dave Warner of the National Pork
Producers Council told CNN. "They're ruining people's lives."
Actually, under the rules of flu nomenclature, viruses are named
after where they are first found, according to this article in Food Manufacturing. That would make it Mexican flu. Right? No. Talk about ruining people's lives.
When Stephen Harper...
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A flu by any other name
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May 1, 2009 - Posted by Maija Saari
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Reporters
covering the story of influenza A H1N1 in Canada should tread carefully
when sources start to offer nicknames other than swine flu. The World Health Organization website noted Apr 30 it is now using...
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Avian and swine flu blog
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April 30, 2009 - Posted by Heather McCall
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Crawford Kilian, an English teacher in B.C., is maintaining a blog to keep track of all things avian and swine flu. Categories include News Gatherers, Hot Zone Sources, Bloggers, Technical Sources, Special Reports and others.
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Swine flu Catch 22
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April 28, 2009 - Posted by Deborah Jones
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The New York Times looks at the conundrum of whether coverage exacerbates a crisis. An excerpt:
Without the news media the public would be dangerously unaware of the swine flu outbreak, but perhaps without saturation coverage on cable news networks and the velocity of information on the Internet, the public would not be so hysterical, medical professionals said.
“It’s a fine line between educating people and frightening them,” ...
J-Source has extensive resources and information about "swine" flu coverage here.
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What journalists think about swine flu coverage
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April 28, 2009 - Posted by Heather McCall
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As swine flu cases spread across Canada, J-Source's Larry Cornies asked journalists and health experts for their assessment of the coverage given this story to date. The following are excerpts from telephone interviews with André Picard, Tom Blackwell and David McKie.
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