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• Covering the Drug Industry

  This PowerPoint presentation goes into detail about covering the drug industry. It includes examples of industry reports, court documents and FDA warning letters. McKie discusses various sources for reporters, as well as general advice for reporters on this beat.

  Tags: drug industry; pharmaceuticals; FDA; doctors; prescription medication

  By David McKie

  2008

• Where to Score Good Drug Stories

  The author lists five internet sources for covering the pharmaceutical industry. The sources include blogs, message board and the FDA.

  Tags: pharmaceuticals; drug industry; drug manufacturers; online sources

  By Mike Huckman

  2008

• Looking at health care from a refreshed perspective

  "Critics/watchdogs/gathers of fact, contrary opinion & gossip are great sources of story ideas, and for developing critical thinking about the drug industry."

  Tags: health care; pharmacy; investigation; resources; Internet; blog

  By Susan Kelleher

  2007

• Investigating the health industry

  McKie and Reber outline the investigative process behind their IRE Award-winning series, Prescribed to Death. They summarize ten strategies that enabled them to construct and original, comprehensive investigation.

  Tags: health care; health; medicine; pharmaceuticals; drugs; medical; doctors; hospitals; research; prescriptions; senior citizens; retirees

  By David McKie, Susanne Reber

  2006

• 2006 CAR for Broadcast: Using Health Care Data

  Amons discusses her recent investigation into Tennessee's version of Medicaid, called TennCare. She discusses what data she used, and how she went about doing the analysis. Amons ends the tipsheet with some general advice for broadcast journalists interested in incorporating more CAR work into their newsroom.

  Tags: broadcast reporting; television; pharmaceutical industry; prescription drugs; computer-assisted reporting

  By Nancy Amons

  2006

• Tipsheet: Investigating the pharmaceutical industry

  The author offers ten tips on investigating the pharmaceutical industry, The tipsheet include "Think through what effect your story might have on patients," and "Try to find out who is organizing the continuing medical education in your country." Each tip has a detailed explanation. The tipsheet ends with lists of websites and books that are useful when researching this topic.

  Tags: medicine; drug companies; pharmacists; doctors; big business; health; health care

  By Shelley Jofre

  2005

• Writing about the Pharmaceutical Industry: Dealing with pharma-marketeers and scientists

  The author gives advice on how to report on drug companies without being manipulated by the corporations. The author suggests finding experts and interviewing the editors of medical journals.

  Tags: medicine; drug companies; pharmacies; hospitals; health care reporting

  By Joop Bouma

  2005

• Investigating Pharmaceuticals

  For the Herald-Leader's series "Prescription for Pain," which covered the Oxycontin outbreak in Kentucky, the newspaper had to obtain data on the drug from multiple sources. Local, state and federal data were all necessary, and this tipsheet looks at how they obtained all their data, and what they did with it once it was in their possession.

  Tags: OxyContin

  By Linda J. Johnson

  2004

• Prescription Drug Websites

  Fred Schulte, who reported the "Rx for Death" series, offers a few websites that can help reporters working on similar stories. The websites cover prescription drug abuse, pain management and addiction medicine.

  Tags: Drugs; prescription

  By Fred Schulte

  2003

• Examining the Pharmaceutical Industry

  Tipsheet explains how this reporter investigated the Danish pharmaceutical industry. Landsted focused on the drug Deanxit. Tipsheet includes a the author's methodology for writing the story.

  Tags: pharmaceuticals; prescription drugs; Deanxit; medicine; medical industry; drugs; Danish

  By Anne Lea Landsted

  2003