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> * science and tech journalism are definitely less likely to tell a compelling story with the existing facts and coherently.* Why do you believe this is limit
by caseysoftware 3y ago
> * science and tech journalism are definitely less likely to tell a compelling story with the existing facts and coherently.*
Why do you believe this is limited to these two areas?
- actinium226 3y agoBecause science and tech journalism requires a certain knowledge of science and technology, but people who want to go into journalism generally don't study those topics and aren't interested in them.
- tomjakubowski 3y agoScience journalists often do have a scientific background, like Ed Yong for example (MPhil Biochemistry).
- actinium226 3y agoThere are some great ones out there, particularly at ArsTechnica, but there are also journalists working at mainstream newspapers who are sent/told to cover some tech/science thing and presumably they do their best but they end up out of their depth and just put something together to meet the deadline.
- caseysoftware 3y ago^ This. My wife was a high level reporter in DC covering the White House and even traveling with POTUS at times (locally via motorcade, never on Air Force One). I can't count the number of times she'd call and say "I have a 3pm deadline.. what do you know about X?" The number of reporters who have special training or specific background within a beat are exceptionally small. They're there but they are NOT the norm.