Lecture 4: Science Journalism

Before we dig into the lecture today 2 admin notes:

1. PLEASE remember to fill in the Twitter Alias form so that we can track your participation (you can find it on the Lecture 3 post)
2. Remember that Friday is an ONLINE class. More information will be given during Wednesday's lecture AND during your labs this week.

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ED. NOTE: As of 3:34pm on Monday (Jan. 16th) 101 students have responded to the survey and only 4 (yes FOUR) students had heard of or visited the PLoS Blogs before. Thanks for answering the survey!

Lecture 4 - Science Journalism - 2012

Related to the story about unvetted science journalism, watch this video of Financial Post editor Terence Corcoran, on "Junk Science in Journalism."