Patient advocacy in the age of social media

By Elizabeth Schiavoni, a freelance medical and science writer.  Registered Nurse Jenneh Bockari and trained researcher Natalie Archer met on Instagram. After years of living with endometriosis, a painful and commonly misunderstood chronic condition, they turned to...

When reporting clinical trial results changed a life

By Stephanie Wykstra, a freelance writer and research consultant for AllTrials USA. In June 2016, Nicole Gularte was ready to die. The 33-year-old tax accountant had relapsed from Leukemia several times since her diagnosis years earlier. She had lost her hair, could...

Statisticians on data journalism’s sweet spot

This year saw the United Nations host its first World Data Forum in South Africa, bringing together more than a thousand data experts and statisticians to find ways to use data for sustainable development. 2017 was also the year that Tableau, a data visualization...