Giles Bruce

I am a freelance reporter in the Chicago area who contributes to publications like Kaiser Health News and the Center for Health Journalism's Children's Health Matters blog. I previously worked the health beat as a staffer for The Times of Northwest Indiana and the Lawrence (Kansas) Journal-World. I did a 2016 National Fellowship on the alarming number of infant deaths in Indiana, and a 2018 Data Fellowship on the high rates of child abuse and neglect in the state.

Articles

Deflated balloons hang from a lamppost where a person was killed in Baltimore, Maryland. Neighborhoods that lack quality schools

Leading Harvard expert on disparities urges journalists to be a ‘tiny ripple of hope’

“We are fooling ourselves by tearing down monuments, for example, if we don’t unpack and counter these powerful mechanisms of racism and structural racism that exist in the United States,” says David Williams.

Race and Equity

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Keep this advice in mind when reporting on school reopenings

“I don’t think it’s any different than any beat you’re covering,” says Tiney Ricciardi of The Denver Post. “Think about your audience and news they can use.”

Medical workers transport a patient outside a special COVID-19 illness area at Maimonides Medical Center on May 17, 2020 in the

How to start reporting on implicit bias in your local health system

How can journalists report on how implicit bias is affecting the quality of health care in their area? We asked some experts for ideas.

Race and Equity

What most worries a child vaccine expert as immunization rates plummet during COVID-19

"Measles is always the one that worries me," says Vanderbilt's Dr. Kathryn Edwards.

Patient Safety and Ethics

Reopenings have become politicized — here’s how to report through the noise

Experts explain how to put the inevitable rise in COVID-19 cases into context.

How can reporters responsibly cover preliminary research on COVID-19 drugs and vaccines?

“My major piece of advice to anyone encountering preliminary studies is to be skeptical,” said journalism professor Sharon Dunwoody.

Youth suicides were rising before COVID-19. How should we support kids now?

With psychiatric problems already on the rise for American children, mental health experts weigh in on what we might do to buffer COVID-19's effects on kids.

Mental Health

Newsrooms look rather empty these days as most reporter are working remotely from their homes.

How are newsrooms divvying up coverage of the ‘story of our lifetime’?

How are newsrooms divvying up coverage of this gargantuan story? We asked around.

Environmental Health

Nurses in the intensive care unit of MedStar St. Mary's Hospital communicate through a window with an erasable whiteboard from a

How can reporters stay safe while getting the story during COVID-19?

Reporter Lenny Bernstein and videographer Jon Gerberg of The Washington Post recently spent time in a Brooklyn ICU. Here's how they approached the risks.

Environmental Health

Community Safety