How Should Journalists Report on Preprints During a Pandemic?

Making preprints freely available to the public has many benefits but journalists may misinterpret preprint results, overlook context critical to understanding, and base news coverage on preliminary findings that might be wrong. In a pandemic, when the public needs accurate information, these problems are particularly acute. bioRxiv and medRxiv co-founder John Inglis contributed advice to a tipsheet for journalists on covering preprints.