Smithsonian mammalogist Kris Helgen, falsely accused but now exonerated of research misconduct, leaves for Australia
Helgen leading his expedition on Mt. Kenya Note: This post will be continually edited as new information and comment become available. Latest de…
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CANCEL MY SUBSCRIPTION by Michael Balter For telling me what I don’t want known For showing me what I don’t want shown For making m…
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Brian Richmond, accused of sexual assault, resigns from AMNH, but still maintains his innocence. The fight against sexual misconduct goes on
Brian Richmond As many readers of this blog will know, Brian Richmond, the curator of human origins at the American Museum of Natural History (A…
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Texas Tech biology faculty speak out on sexist remarks caught on video
Texas Tech Museum, site of sexist remarks by biology faculty (Image: Billy Hathorn/Wikimedia Commons) Last month, I reported in The Verge on a…
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We gambled the future of our country on a deeply flawed candidate, and we lost
Marc Nozell/WikiMedia Commons In August 2014, I took an oath that I would never vote for Hillary Clinton under any circumstances. There are witn…
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Is the Texas Tech administration lying to the public, or is the leadership of its biology department--under fire for a culture of sexism and sexual harassment--lying to the administration?
Texas Tech University, Lubbock As regular readers of this blog know, on October 24 I published a lengthy investigative piece in The Verge tha…
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National Museum of Natural History director Kirk Johnson responds to sexual misconduct issues
Ocean Hall at the NMNH (WikiMedia) Yesterday, in response to an article last week in The Verge relating the story of a research student named …
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"THIS SHIT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE"--ANOTHER SMITHSONIAN RESEARCHER SPEAKS OUT ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT AND HER OWN EXPERIENCES
Earlier this week, I published a story in The Verge entitled "From Texas to the Smithsonian, following a trail of sexual misconduct."…
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- Michael Balter
- I have been a working journalist for more than 40 years, beginning in Los Angeles as an investigative reporter and then in Paris as a travel, food, and science writer. For more than 20 years I have covered anthropology and archaeology writer for Science, Audubon, Scientific American, SAPIENS, and other publications. I have also covered sexual misconduct for The Verge, Scientific American, and others; I write about mental health, especially schizophrenia; and I engage in occasional media criticism. I returned to the USA in October 2017 after 30 years in Paris, and now live in the New York City area, where I currently teach journalism at City College of New York (I previously taught journalism at Boston University and New York University.) For more about me and what I do, copies of my articles, information about my book, and other goodies, please visit MY WEB SITE
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