Journal article
Care-Based Practices in Health News: Why and How U.S. Health Journalists Include Exemplars in Their Reporting
Journalism studies (London, England), Vol.27(7), pp.990-1009
05/19/2026
DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2026.2615716
Abstract
Newsgathering practices are tailored to elite sources, such as researchers and health experts, and may not serve exemplar sources, ordinary citizens sharing personal health information. In a survey, 629 U.S. health journalists share their motivations for using exemplars and use of care-based practices in source interactions. Health journalists use care-based interactions, like added transparency during interviews, more with exemplars than with experts. Still, health journalists remain less likely overall to grant narrative control to exemplar sources, even though they value these sources’ experiential expertise.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Care-Based Practices in Health News: Why and How U.S. Health Journalists Include Exemplars in Their Reporting
- Creators
- Rachel Young - University of IowaMunachim Amah - University of IowaAmanda Hinnant - University of MissouriMaría E. Len-Ríos - University of Minnesota System
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journalism studies (London, England), Vol.27(7), pp.990-1009
- DOI
- 10.1080/1461670X.2026.2615716
- ISSN
- 1461-670X
- eISSN
- 1469-9699
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Grant note
- Reynolds Journalism Institute
This study was funded by the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) at the Missouri School of Journalism.
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 01/15/2026
- Date published
- 05/19/2026
- Academic Unit
- Injury Prevention Research Center; School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Record Identifier
- 9985130056702771
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