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In 1959, the year I was born, journalist John Howard Griffin published an account of his experiment to live briefly ...
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Filing freedom of information requests can seem daunting for first-timers, especially for freelancers who worry about sinking time and resources ...
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For the past few months, I’ve been working on an investigative story that requires filing public records requests in several ...
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Health and science reporters received a shock a few weeks ago, when they learned they’d soon lose one of the ...
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The annual Investigative Reporters and Editors conference, which wrapped up Sunday, is always jam-packed with tips, tools and advice for ...
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A quarter-century ago, a hard-nosed Chicago Tribune investigative reporter named John Crewdson excoriated science journalists, in a piece headlined “Perky ...
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Ask 50 different science journalists how they started writing about science and you’re likely to get 50 different answers. Still, ...
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Not ready to give up the full-time job to freelance? Going part-time can give you time to test your mettle ...
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Start with a solid hypothesis to show how campaign donations and lobbying expenditures influence public policy. Aspiring science writers often ...
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