Shraddha Chakradhar | Nieman Journalism Lab

Articles by Shraddha Chakradhar

Shraddha Chakradhar is Nieman Lab’s deputy editor. A science journalist by training, Shraddha most recently worked at the health news website STAT, where she wrote its award-winning daily newsletter, Morning Rounds. She has previously served as a news editor for Nature Medicine, and as a researcher for PBS’ documentary science show, NOVA.

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February 23, 2022

Facebook is letting a lot of climate change denial slide despite promises to flag it, study finds

“[Labeling] was the major intervention that Facebook said it was going to do, and it hasn’t done it.”

Fewer people — especially younger Democrats — are paying a lot of attention to national news, according to a new poll

February 10, 2022

A new study shows how newsroom and audience diversity affects coverage of political candidates

The study suggests audience diversity results in favorable coverage for non-white political candidates. But newsroom diversity may be a boon for white candidates.

January 25, 2022

Are readers’ biases to blame for gender disparities in sports reporting? This study says no

The study looked at sports articles in a German newspaper and found that the byline’s gender didn’t have a significant effect on readers’ perception of the writer’s expertise.

January 20, 2022

A new report shows the impact of racial justice protests in 2020 on three local newspapers

A study of crime reporting in three major U.S. dailies found coverage included less dehumanizing language by the end of the year.

Longform will no longer recommend nonfiction articles around the web. Readers are bummed.

BuzzFeed News Union employees walk off the job, the same day as the company’s shareholders vote whether to go public

December 2, 2021

Overwhelmingly white but leaning female: See the results of the Canadian Association of Journalists’ inaugural diversity survey

Nearly 75% of Canadian newsrooms are made up of white journalists, and 80% of newsrooms have no Black or Indigenous journalists on staff.

November 23, 2021

Address — don’t sidestep — health misinformation to debunk falsehoods, study finds

“Don’t be afraid to tackle misinformation head on. It’s important that people speak out, and you can repeat [misinformation] and then debunk it.”

November 9, 2021

Conflict vs. community: How early coronavirus coverage differed in the U.S. and China

Chinese outlets’ focus on Covid-19 was much more domestic, while the U.S. view was more focused on politics and the conflict between various levels of government on handling the crisis.

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