Publishing scientific results and "Scientific Journalism" are two completely separate things, with different motivating factors at their heart.
Publishing scientific results is the process of explaining clearly what you did, why you did it, what you observed and what you think those observations mean. It is intended to share the results of experimentation and to increase the overall body of knowledge in a given area of research.
Scientific journalism sells soap. Its entire point is to make money for the reporting entity, whether that be a journalist or periodical.
This does not mean there are no journalists doing good scientific reporting or that there are no scientist that are motivated by fame and fortune (Korean stem cell research comes to mind).
If you stick to the purpose of scientific publications, (assumptions, methods, observations, conclusions etc.) you'll fill the purpose of scientific publications.
Bad science has been referenced at/. before but here is a post that applies to the subject. http://www.badscience.net/?p=537
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Publishing scientific results and "Scientific Journalism" are two completely separate things, with different motivating factors at their heart. Publishing scientific results is the process of explaining clearly what you did, why you did it, what you observed and what you think those observations mean. It is intended to share the results of experimentation and to increase the overall body of knowledge in a given area of research. Scientific journalism sells soap. Its entire point is to make money for the reporting entity, whether that be a journalist or periodical. This does not mean there are no journalists doing good scientific reporting or that there are no scientist that are motivated by fame and fortune (Korean stem cell research comes to mind). If you stick to the purpose of scientific publications, (assumptions, methods, observations, conclusions etc.) you'll fill the purpose of scientific publications. Bad science has been referenced at /. before but here is a post that applies to the subject. http://www.badscience.net/?p=537