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The Journalist’s Resource is a project of Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.

We examine news topics through a research lens. Our mission is to inform the news by bridging the communications gap between academia and journalism. Our goal: to get more high-quality research into the media stream.

06/23/2025

If you're looking for an explainer on prior authorization, check out our explainer from 2021.

Health insurance companies argue that prior authorization can reduce unnecessary procedures and health care costs. But doctors have concerns about the frequency of these requests, even for routine procedures, and the administrative burdens associated with them.

We look at what the research says about prior authorization: when insurance companies require additional info for approving doctors' orders.

06/20/2025

Experts and journalists who have researched and worked with trauma survivors say that practicing trauma-informed journalism not only leads to better, more accurate stories, but also helps protect survivors from further harm.

Practicing trauma-informed journalism not only leads to better, more accurate stories, but also helps protects survivors from further harm.

06/18/2025

Journalists and public health experts shared 12 strategies for building trust, using careful language and improving coverage of health misinformation during a workshop at the Association of Health Care Journalists' annual conference.

Journalists and public health experts share strategies for building trust, using careful language and improving coverage of health misinformation during a workshop at the AHCJ annual conference.

06/17/2025

This April 2024 tip sheet outlines some of the many ways researchers can help the news media cover research accurately, starting with the journalists who interview them about their own work.

This tip sheet outlines 10 ways researchers can help journalists avoid errors in news stories about academic studies.

06/16/2025

We break down the types of employees who work for the U.S. government along with laws and regulations that define how federal workers have, until recently, typically been hired and fired.

We unlock the laws and regulations that define how federal workers have, until recently, typically been hired and fired.

06/11/2025

Use these free tools to examine data on student achievement, school segregation, dual enrollment programs and other education topics. Most generate maps, charts and lists that journalists can incorporate into their news coverage.

Journalists can use these 10 tools to examine education data in areas such as student achievement, school segregation and immigrant children.

06/10/2025

As public health data becomes harder to access, journalists and experts at the Association of Health Care Journalists' annual conference shared tips and tools for uncovering and preserving vital information.

As public health data becomes harder to access, journalists and experts at AHCJ25 shared tips and tools for uncovering and preserving vital information.

06/09/2025

"In the span of about two months, the Trump administration radically expanded the 287(g) program beyond anything I have seen in the past 15 years of close study of this precise policy," writes immigration scholar Austin Kocher.

The Trump administration has expanded a program that delegates immigration enforcement powers to state and local law enforcement agencies.

06/06/2025

Over the past decade, there's been a proliferation of private firms offering highly detailed climate risk assessments for sale. Here’s what journalists need to know about this burgeoning market — plus, six big questions they should ask.

Here’s what journalists need to know about this burgeoning market — plus, five big questions to start digging into.

06/05/2025

We updated this explainer to help journalists understand and ask more probing questions about private school vouchers and other school choice programs.

This explainer examines academic research on how private school vouchers and other school choice programs affect student achievement.

06/04/2025

This 2024 explainer includes info on fatal drowning trends over the past two decades; recent reports on disparities in fatal drowning rates among Black, Alaska Native and American Indian youth; the role of climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic; and research on prevention.

New studies show racial disparities in fatal drowning rates among Black, Alaska Native and American Indian youth. Plus: info on prevention.

06/03/2025

To help journalists with their reporting, we read through dozens of published research papers and unpacked several recent studies about fluoride in water.

To help journalists, we read through dozens of published research papers and unpacked several recent studies about fluoride in water.

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