Ivan Oransky

"@Skepticscalpel could skewer hypocrisy without making it personal. The world needs more of that now, when every comment seems to become a personal attack." RIP, James Barone. physiciansweekly.com/post/in-memori…

"The six-figure payout brings the total amount of such settlements the city has made since 2022 to $215,500, according to figures City Solicitor Alan Seewald released to @the_shoestring." theshoestring.org/2025/03/29/aft…

RFK Jr.’s confirmation hearing is proof that you can cite peer-reviewed research in support of almost any claim, no matter how absurd, @ivanoransky and @armarcus write. theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

"Even so, an investigation by @the_shoestring and @nepublicmedia has uncovered efforts by Indivior to circumvent experts by promoting the drug directly to police departments and sheriffs offices across western Massachusetts and statewide." By @dustyc123. nepm.org/regional-news/…

30 years ago tooay, my life changed. Miss you, David. From five years ago: theoranskyjournal.wordpress.com/2020/01/09/my-…

"Police Hang Out at the Former Easthampton School. No One Will Say Why." Shelby Lee reports for @the_shoestring theshoestring.org/2024/12/19/pol…

Northampton’s Division of Community Care was born of activist demands for an alternative to policing. But some former employees say the agency has strayed from its mandate, @the_shoestring reports. theshoestring.org/2024/12/18/for…

"Substantively, we show that journalists and media organizations perceive that collaborative investigations generate substantial positive ‘internal’ returns for participating organizations...although we observe no perceived impact on revenue." tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

Exclusive from @_TheTransmitter: Howard Hughes Medical Institute @HHMINEWS to limit eligible universities for Investigator Program in bid to spread the wealth thetransmitter.org/funding/howard…

Our @ivanoransky's testimony today before the Canada House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research. The session starts at minute mark 17:11, and my testimony is at about 17:21, with Q&A after that. parlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/Pow…

Our @ivanoransky will be testifying tomorrow at the Canada Parliament House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research hearing on “Impact of the Criteria for Awarding Federal Funding on Research Excellence in Canada.“ ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer…

@Revkin @MarkHuneycutt4 @CJR @columbiajourn @NiemanReports It's normalizing the "volunteer" part that made me go "oof," not the "journalism" part.

@ivanoransky Whether it’s called journalism or something else, there is clearly a role for, and need for, ground-up reality seeking and sharing. I really loved this example of adaptive media undertaken by #WNC YouTuber @MarkHuneycutt4 after Hurricane Helene struck. revkin.substack.com/p/amid-toxic-o…

Oof. "We argue that, amidst global precarity in the field, volunteer journalism represents a potential pathway forward for journalism." tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

Happy 1st Birthday, @_TheTransmitter! It takes a village to build something beautiful—and useful. thetransmitter.org/neuroscience/h…

Retraction Watch is hiring! Two journalism jobs available retractionwatch.com/2024/11/12/ret…

"Plunge into the depths of New York and peel back the surface hiding its secrets. Explore mussels of Newtown Creek, the National Guard stationed in subways, beavers of Astor Place — and more!" Terrific work by @nyu_journalism SHERPies @scienceline. scienceline.org/special-projec…

Baseball's Rubbing Mud "is just the right mixture of clay and water to uniformly coat the baseballs with an adhesive residue, and just enough sand grains to enhance friction. The result is a material that spreads like skin cream, and grips like sandpaper." pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

"Do physicians and nurses prefer one candidate when it comes to healthcare issues?" Find out in a survey from @medcentralmd. oncologynewscentral.com/article/doctor…

Journalists "in both Russia and Ukraine used the language of hatred and discrimination toward political and cultural others, that is so-called antagonistic discourse that only contribute to the spiralling of violence and can never help in reaching peace." elar.urfu.ru/bitstream/1099…

"Still just Nature and Science? A longitudinal cross-country analysis of journalistic source selection in science news coverage" 80% of stories focused on just 25% of all journals. publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000174751