Alabama Public Radio's participation in the national DNA Files project is a change of pace for the news department. We're pretty good at covering the normal "public radio" topics such as politics, the environment, etc. But science reporting is something different.
There seems to be this general fear among reporters who do not report on science regularly. The pervasive thought is that we journalists have to be experts in science to do any kind of science reporting. The fear is palpable enough that Ira Flatow, the host of Science Friday (which airs Fridays 1-3 PM on APR) addressed the issue this past summer at the Public Radio News Directors, Inc. annual convention in New Orleans.
In short, he suggested that public radio reporters should overcome that hesitation and just go for it. Obviously, we've taken that challenge to heart, and you'll be hearing our work through the DNA Files project.
Butler
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