Boy. There’s a lot to say about this story.
But the most remarkable thing is the incredibly high quality of the journalism. Unbelievably thorough investigative reporting, outstanding exposition of highly technical items. From a college newspaper!
But the most remarkable thing is the incredibly high quality of the journalism. Unbelievably thorough investigative reporting, outstanding exposition of highly technical items. From a college newspaper!
> Schrag, the Alzheimer’s researcher without knowledge of the internal review, told The Daily that “to his credit, Dr. Tessier-Lavigne authored several of the later studies which revised the findings of his 2009 paper.”
Some smart kids over there in Palo Alto. I hope they keep at it when they graduate.
It is lot more likely to be able to get to spend countless hours required than a large commercial publication for an investigative piece ?
Student journalists get paid far less if anything at all and will definitely be motivated in a story about their college and put in the extra hours than a professional journalist also easily tap into subject matter expertise right there in their college
Journalism quality is a primarily function of how motivated the journalist (and the publisher) is about the story, there is no shortage of talent in university like Stanford.
https://www.palladiummag.com/2022/06/13/stanfords-war-on-soc...