A Journalist's Residency at Heidelberg: Building Tools for Research Integrity Reporting
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Jackson Ryan
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A journalist recounts their six-month residency at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, where they worked on developing tools to help science journalists report on scientific misconduct and research integrity breaches. The piece reflects on the experience of working from a unique office space and the broader mission of improving science journalism.
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· 3 pulledFor six months in 2025, I spent my days working from a small office on the bottom floor at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies.
I'd been selected as the 13th Journalist in Residence, and I'd come to Heidelberg to work on tools that (I hope) will help science journalists report on scientific misconduct and research integrity breaches.
My window was almost roof to ceiling, looked out onto the Institute's amazing grounds, and I could open it and step straight into a garden bed, if I so desired. I didn't.
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