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How journalists can help scientists earn the public’s trust

2 Sep 2024

The public expects scientists to be certain and unbiased when informing policy. Often they can’t be, which leads to distrust. Vanessa Schipani argues journalists can help scientists earn the public’s trust in these cases by pointing out when scientists are being responsive to alternative hypotheses and the public’s values. Midway through the 2016 U.S. presidential … Continued
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