The decline of health care journalism

2,459 views · Published 11 March 2009 · 4:45 · Indexed 5 October 2026

Channel: University of Minnesota · 2009 · News & Politics

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University of Minnesota professor Gary Schwitzer discusses how health journalism has been rapidly declining in quality due to budget issues, shrinking newsrooms and pressure from upper management. His latest report for the Kaiser Family Foundation uncovered a bleak truth about the quality of the reporting and the pressures put on journalists.

This video is part of the Expert Perspectives series at the University of Minnesota.

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