James: Tweeting About “Emperor”

Sally James, at HealthNewsReview.org, gives a rundown of the social media response to “The Emperor of All Maladies,” a Ken Burns documentary about cancer. What do physicians, patients, and researchers say about the film, which is based on the best-selling 2010 book by...

Silberner: More Accolades

Have we mentioned that you must read the Joanne Silberner (@jsilberner) series on cancer worldwide? Don’t take ScienceWire’s word for it. Joanne has earned another award for this extensively reported yet clearly explained series—the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in...

Silburner: Global Reporting and More

If you’ve been following Joanne Silburner’s work since she moved to the Northwest, you know she’s been doing more than just her usual excellent science reporting. Joanne graciously shared how she reported her global cancer story with NSWA. Now read the 6+ part...

Anatomy of a Story: Cancer’s New Battleground

Joanne Silberner recently put together a five-part series on cancer for Public Radio International. How did she do it? NSWA members and guests had a chance to hear Silberner address the making, funding, selling and editing of Cancer’s New Battleground-The...

McCarthy: Drug Double-whammy

Combination therapy is the future of cancer treatment, writes Michael McCarthy in the Puget Sound Business Journal. That is, if we can just find the right mix of existing and candidate drugs. And overcome the challenges of clinical trials. As you read the article,...