Posted by Kaitlin Ugolik on Wednesday, July 2, 2014,
Today was another big day for "that medical procedure you've been having? It's useless!" stories. This time it was women's pelvic exams, although much of the reporting seemed to lump all of those things that happen at the gynecologist's office into one big "in the stirrups" event, and claim that it was all a waste of time.The Annals of Internal Medicine released a study recommending against "performing screening pelvic examination" in patients without symptoms that would suggest they need the... Continue reading ...
Posted by Kaitlin Ugolik on Saturday, March 15, 2014,
This week, two of the subjects I follow most closely - sexual assault activism and critiques of the media - converged to create a tense (and intense) conversation about how the latter should approach the former, when Christine Fox (@steenfox) asked sexual assault victims to tweet what they were wearing when they were assaulted. A writer at BuzzFeed who has covered sexual assault extensively for the site put together a post using some of the tweets, and what ensued was what I hope will be the ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Kaitlin Ugolik on Saturday, February 1, 2014,
On Thursday night, I headed up to Columbia after work for the J School's Journalism After Snowden panel. It was the inaugural event in what, according to Tow Center for Digital Journalism leader Emily Bell, will be a year-long project aimed at considering how journalism has changed in the wake of Edward Snowden's leaks and the media's coverage of them. Bell also mentioned that the Tow Center is working on new tools to help investigative journalists with stories like this one.
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Posted by Kaitlin Ugolik on Wednesday, January 22, 2014,
Just wanted to share this thoughtful (in my opinion) apology and explanation from Bill Simmons of Grantland, responding to the backlash against "Dr. V's Magical Putter."
When I first read the story, I definitely cringed, both as a journalist and as a person who has recently become more educated about what it means for someone to be transgender, and the best way to talk and write about it. I tend to agree with Simmons and many of my colleagues that Dr. V's history as a man was relevant to the s... Continue reading ...
