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WATCH: Why revisions are 'the name of the game' in science
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December 10, 2025
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3:05Now PlayingWhen it comes to science journalism, one lesson professor Patti Wolter often imparts to her students at Northwestern University is that "any given study is just one data point on a continuum of knowledge."
"If you're a journalist, you have a responsibility in your stories to explain that to your readers," she said. "How does any given exciting study or unexciting study add to the knowledge base, and what are the questions that get asked next?"
Revisions are "the name of the game" in both good journalism and good science, Wolter added, asking: "How do we get our public, our politicians, ourselves as journalists, comfortable with that idea?"
Wolter took part in a special livestreamed Reddit “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) event called “Tipping Point – Turning Science Into Solutions,” hosted by science correspondent Miles O’Brien and digital anchor and correspondent Deema Zein.
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