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Up-to-date analysis of the issues surrounding health and safety risks including discussion about how journalists can more accurately depict health and medical news.

Table of Contents

Preface
The Field of Risk Communication
The Journalist and the Pursuit of Truth
The Scientist and the Pursuit of Truth
Covering Medical News
Covering Environmental Risks
Covering Disasters
The Influence of TV, Movies, and the Internet
Covering the Health Care Story
Ethical Issues in Risk Communication
Appendix: In-Depth Reporting Examples
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the Author

JIM WILLIS, a former newspaper reporter and editor, holds the Hardin Chair of Excellence in Managerial Journalism at the University of Memphis. Professor Willis is the author of several books on journalism and the mass media including The Age of Multimedia and Turbonews (Praeger, 1994).

ALBERT ADELOWO OKUNADE is Professor of Economics in the Fogelman College of Business and Economics at the University of Memphis. He has published more than 40 journal articles.

Reviews

?This book can be a valuable teaching aid or stand as one of two books in a class on this reporting specialty....Students should find this book clearly written and sound in its advice. The ethical challenges force students to think about story selection, content, timing, and treatment. The examples offered should help students delineate between wise and ethical reports and those which are harmful. The ethics discussion is particularly insightful....This book challenges the reporter to understand and report the most sound conclusion in a manner that is sympathetic to the interests of key individuals....We need reporters who can report accurately and responsibly on risks. This book contributes to that goal.?-Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

"This book can be a valuable teaching aid or stand as one of two books in a class on this reporting specialty....Students should find this book clearly written and sound in its advice. The ethical challenges force students to think about story selection, content, timing, and treatment. The examples offered should help students delineate between wise and ethical reports and those which are harmful. The ethics discussion is particularly insightful....This book challenges the reporter to understand and report the most sound conclusion in a manner that is sympathetic to the interests of key individuals....We need reporters who can report accurately and responsibly on risks. This book contributes to that goal."-Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly