| 'Bad' medical reporting - a history of shooting the messenger? |
06 May 2012 |
| This story published recently by The Conversation discusses the quality of reporting health news in a changing media landscape. |
| Some media outlets do better than others when it comes to health news |
04 Mar 2012 |
| 2012 has started as a great year for health news reporting, according to the Media Doctor Australia ratings. We've seen some really impressive reporting with some very high scoring ratings for... |
| Media Doctor puts out call for help |
04 Mar 2012 |
| At Media Doctor Australia funding has always been tight. For this reason, we can only look on with envy at our American counterpart, www.healthnewsreview.org, which has developed in both coverage,... |
| There's too much early research |
11 Aug 2011 |
| An ongoing issue/problem with Media Doctor Australia is the lag-time between stories appearing in the news and our reviews of them being posted on the site. This is primarily due to the fact that our... |
| Media Doctor's Amazing Journey to the Twittersphere |
11 Aug 2011 |
| Media Doctor Australia (MDA), a website that monitors the quality of health news reporting in Australia, has come of age with its recent launch onto social media networks Twitter and Facebook. We've... |
| Some good news, and some that is not-so-good |
08 Aug 2011 |
| Eight health stories have been reviewed on www.mediadoctor.org.au this month. Their subjects included milk allergy, zinc for colds, a vaccine for type 1 diabetes, the best diet, scans to detect early... |
| We're a resource for journalists, the public and health professionals |
08 Aug 2011 |
| Media Doctor Australia (MDA) is a web site that critiques health news stories on how well they cover certain aspects, such as the benefits, harms and costs, of new medical interventions. |
| Deconstructing cancer: what makes a good-quality news story? |
24 Jan 2011 |
| Cancer reporting in the media is generally of low quality. However, many of the poorer aspects of the content are directly attributable to the researchers, according to a study published in the... |
| Evidence that Specialist Health Journalists Provide Best Quality Health News |
16 Sep 2010 |
| The public and health professionals alike depend on media coverage for accurate and reliable information about new health treatments. According to new research published in PLoS Medicine the value of... |
