If you don't already subscribe to the daily round up and real time "peer review" of science coverage assembled by Charlie Petit at the MIT Knight Science Journalism Tracker, you are missing out on one of the Web's great science communication resources.
Things are also likely to get even richer at the Tracker. Charlie announced yesterday that the MIT Knight program is adding Paul Raeburn as a contributor to the round-up, reviewing coverage of medicine and health. Raeburn is a veteran of the AP, Business Week, and NPR. He's also a past president of the National Association of Science Writers.
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During the six years of its existence, one frequent complaint I've had on this blog, it's been about how the press covers various health issues.
Elia Ben-Ari, on her 'To Be Determined' blog, wrote an excellent, thought-provoking post on the fine distinctions between science journalists and Press Information Officers:
I felt a sense of déjà vu Tuesday morning when I heard NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce reporting on Senator Tom Coburn's attacks on National Science Foundation-funded research.
About a year and a half ago, I applied a heapin' helpin' of not-so-Respectful Insolence to a a clueless article about the the "triumph" of New Age medicine.