I teach journalism, and specifically teach science journalists how to read a scientific paper, which many of them are not equipped to do. I stress the importance of fact-checking and why journalists should not be afraid of ambiguous information, ie, no need to be all positive or all negative. It comes down to personal integrity and journalistic ethics, and is no different in psychedelic coverage than coverage of any other issue.
What would you say to journalists who may (or may not) be:
willing to do accurate reporting on these topics
too time-pressured (or otherwise unable) to read the original research
strongly incentivized to sensationalize these topics?
I teach journalism, and specifically teach science journalists how to read a scientific paper, which many of them are not equipped to do. I stress the importance of fact-checking and why journalists should not be afraid of ambiguous information, ie, no need to be all positive or all negative. It comes down to personal integrity and journalistic ethics, and is no different in psychedelic coverage than coverage of any other issue.