Sources and Experts: Where to Find Them and How to Vet Them

Additional Reading and Resources

Books

• A Field Guide for Science Writers: The Official Guide of the National Association of Science Writers, 2^nd Edition, edited by Deborah Blum, Mary Knudson, and Robin Marantz Henig. 2005.
• The Craft of Science Writing: Selections From the Open Notebook, edited by Siri Carpenter. 2020.

Websites

• The Open Notebook
• Help a Reporter Out
• Diverse Sources Database
• 500 Women Scientists
• EurekAlert Expert Search
• Predatory Journals
• ProPublica: Dollars for Docs
• Guidestar

Articles

• “The Difficulty of Finding Impartial Sources in Science,” by Robert Lee Hotz, Nieman Reports, 2002.
• “Is There Anybody Out There? Sourcing News Stories,” by Geoffrey Giller, The Open Notebook.
• “I Analyzed a Year of My Reporting for Gender Bias (Again),” by Adrienne LaFrance, The Atlantic, February 2016.
• “I Spent Two Years Trying to Fix the Gender Imbalance in My Stories,” by Ed Yong, The Atlantic. February 2018.
• “How the Toronto Star massively botched a story about the HPV vaccine — and corrected the record,” by Julia Belluz, Vox, February 2015.
• “Facts vs. Opinions: Beware of false balance in your reporting,” by Tara Haelle, Association of Health Care Journalists, January 2016.
• “Avoiding False Balance: Vaccines in the Media,” Voices for Vaccines, February 2015.