The Journalist's Resource

01/05/2026

We've compiled a list of story ideas to help journalists better understand and examine food insecurity among college students.

About 1 in 4 undergrads don’t get enough to eat, new research finds. Use these story ideas to examine food insecurity in higher education.

12/29/2025

Here's a list of our 10 most-read pieces of 2025.

We’re looking back at our 10 most popular pieces of 2025, which supported coverage of some of the biggest news stories of the year.

12/24/2025

With the continued popularity of dietary supplements, we’ve curated credible sources of information, fact-checked data and peer-reviewed research, and interviewed a leading researcher who studies supplements, to help you report accurately on what’s known and unknown about the products.

With the continued popularity of dietary supplements, we’ve curated credible sources of information, fact-checked data and peer-reviewed research to help you report accurately on what’s known and unknown about them.

12/23/2025

By the numbers: Here’s what The Journalist’s Resource team achieved in 2025

The structural impact of a project like The Journalist's Resource is not always possible to quantify. But those metrics we are able to track certainly help tell the story of the important work we do.

By the numbers: With 80 website posts, 9 webinars and 20 conference presentations, ere's what our team achieved in 2025.

12/22/2025

Sin taxes: How sports betting tax revenues compare with those from alcohol and to***co sales

Part four in a five-part graphical series on sports betting since the Supreme Court in 2018 allowed states to legalize it.

Part four in a five-part series on sports betting in the U.S. since the 2018 Supreme Court decision allowing states to legalize sports betting.

12/19/2025

A state-by-state breakdown of how sports betting contributes to state revenues

Part three in a five-part graphical series on sports betting since the Supreme Court in 2018 allowed states to legalize it.

Part three in a five-part graphical series on sports betting since the Supreme Court in 2018 allowed states to legalize sports betting.

12/18/2025

As ma*****na legalization sweeps the U.S., researchers and policymakers are grappling with a growing public safety concern: ma*****na-impaired driving. We explain the challenges and what the research shows in this 2024 article.

The two most common methods for measuring ma*****na use in impaired drivers are blood and saliva tests, but both methods have been criticized.

12/17/2025

We offer story ideas to help journalists report on food insecurity among US college students, including what works to combat it.

https://journalistsresource.org/education/college-students-food-insecurity-news-story-ideas/

12/15/2025

Experts and journalists who have researched and worked with trauma survivors say that practicing trauma-informed journalism not only leads to better, more accurate stories, but also helps protect survivors from further harm.

Practicing trauma-informed journalism not only leads to better, more accurate stories, but also helps protects survivors from further harm.

12/11/2025

NEW: Curious about ? Check out our five-part graphical series on sports betting since the Supreme Court in 2018 allowed states to legalize it.

https://journalistsresource.org/tag/the-story-of-sports-betting/

Part one in a five-part series on sports betting in the U.S. since the 2018 Supreme Court decision allowing states to legalize sports betting.

12/08/2025

It’s important for journalists to pay attention to the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change because it connects global warming to concrete, measurable harms already unfolding in communities across the world and the U.S.

It’s important for journalists to pay attention to the report because it connects global warming to harms unfolding in communities.

12/05/2025

Journalists often overgeneralize study results by reporting that they apply to a much larger group of people than they actually do. In this tip sheet, scholars offer guidance and explain why it's a bad idea to rely on artificial intelligence tools to summarize research.

Read this to avoid overgeneralize research results, or reporting that they apply to a larger group of people than they actually do.