Collecting and comparing health data from across the globe is a way to describe health problems, identify trends and help decision-makers set priorities.
when you are considering the health stories must tend to think either of routine self help columns of dramatic even about scare stories about killer' diseases and cures. The area of health is sorely in need of Investigative reporting and often the biggest health stories come from issues that are accepted as normal part of life, or are considered important enough to worry people with the power to make a difference. example health conditions resulting from poverty. like diarrhoea
many of health stories rely on published research. some times there are stories waiting to be told in the study that could be affect many people in this way its will make the research accessible to the audience , and explain he impact. Journalists can actually be a channel , bringing to official and scientific attention an area where research is needed. talking to practitioners , clinic staff and community members about health issues that they are facing this is part of the filling investigative ideas book.as an investigative journalist you need to collect and analyse information by using material evidence on a problem using observation and experiments(empirical evidence)
Be able to measure the evidence you collect. empirical evidence is then used to test your hypothesis( your guess ,assumption or theory) about the cause or the result of the problem. when you are using this scientific method must be objective and consider all evidence even if it did give the expected answer.
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