Tip sheets and explainers to help journalists understand academic research methods; find and recognize high-quality research; investigate scientific misconduct and research errors; and avoid missteps when reporting on new studies and public opinion polls
Understanding numbers and conveying their meaning is part of being a journalist. You should have a working knowledge of arithmetic, be comfortable with statistics, percentages and more.
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Article with links to key academic and research databases and a discussion of free/paid access issues.
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Overview of search lessons and techniques from Google, with a focus on how to locate scholarly and research-related resources.
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Interview with longtime New York Times reporter and Dot Earth blogger Andrew Revkin
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Strategies for finding academic studies and other information you need to give your stories authority and depth
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Suggested ways to use scholarly research as a lens through which to see events in a reporter’s area.
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Open access database of scientific research, including on biology, disease, genetics and much more.
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Database of statistics and historical data as well as surveys, reports, working papers and articles.
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Compendium of websites with more information on environment, energy, climate and sustainability issues
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