The Tough Task of Telling the Golden State's $12 Billion Stem Cell Story: It Is Likely a Question of Life or Death for the Agency

A look at the 'unmention' problem and evisceration of the media

The stem cell agency is working in a tough media environment. Media outlets are fewer with less staff, particularly science reporters. There is less space for news, which means that science research stories wind up losing out to more compelling articles.

Dodos and endangered species, cultural brokers and podcasts -- all were part of the discussion last …