Insights

You learn a lot when you spend months reporting on a given issue or community, as our fellows can attest. Whether you’re embarking on a big new story or seeking to go deeper on a given issue, it pays to learn from those who’ve already put in the shoe leather and crunched the data. In these essays and columns, our community of journalists steps back from the notebooks and tape to reflect on key lessons, highlight urgent themes, and offer sage advice on the essential health stories of the day. 

Facebook Journalism

Facebook for Journalists: Yay or Nay?

By Angilee Shah

<p>If social media increases site traffic and often leads to interesting stories and new sources for journalists, why wouldn't news organizations engage or want their reporters to engage on Facebook? This week at <em>Career GPS</em>, we explore the question of Facebook for journalists. Also find the

Ban on mixing hospital scrubs and sandwiches gains currency

By William Heisel

<p>Antidote’s series on whether wearing hospital scrubs in public places like restaurants leads to more infections is on the cusp of generating some meaningful change in the way health care organizations address scrubs and other potential disease carriers.</p>

Looking back at a fellowship

By Mary Otto

<p>Reaching poor people with dental care means unraveling so many other things, including the isolation, difficult living conditions, fear and other burdens of poverty.</p>

PTSD and the Homeless: Shell-Shocked on Your Streets

By R. Jan Gurley

<p>There’s a growing recognition of the role that complex post-traumatic stress disorder plays in trapping people in long-term homelessness. Understanding how PTSD unfolds can help us better understand the homeless and their health issues.</p>

Study: Clean Cars = Better Health

By Barbara Feder Ostrov

<p>Clean cars could mean less asthma, a link between bedbugs and MRSA, a prescription for yoga and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>