What Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz thinks about journalism

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Australian epidemiologist and research fellow who writes about how to read health research, often under the name Health Nerd. His newsletter covers nutrition, exercise, COVID-19 and problems in published science.

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1. 17 Aug 2026

   Our readingThe media provides significantly more coverage to academic misconduct involving Black academics than white academics.

   Their wordsThis sort of massive media storm almost never happens for white academics who do naughty things, especially in the UK. They may get some pushback, but it fades far more quickly, and their careers often survive the investigations.

   ↗Gideon M-K: Health Nerdgidmk.substack.com 1st of 3 in this piece