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2010 winners named in premier health journalism awards
Investigations into shoddy oversight of adult care homes and low quality at dialysis centers – along with moving portrayals of…
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AHCJ leaders hold series of media access meetings with government officials
AHCJ representatives held a series of meetings in Washington, D.C., last week to press for government openness at the state…
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AHCJ asks FDA to re-evaluate embargo policy
The Association of Health Care Journalists has sent a letter to FDA officials asking them to re-examine a policy that…
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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust supports health journalists with $1.1 million
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust made the three-year grant of $1,097,000 to the Missouri-based Center for…
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Joint Commission changes website based on AHCJ request
The Joint Commission, the largest nonprofit organization to accredit hospitals in the United States, has improved the quality of information…
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AHCJ joins organizations concerned with Texas A&M open-record restrictions
The Association of Health Care Journalists has signed on to a letter criticizing a proposal by the Texas A&M University…
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AHCJ urges reporters in disaster areas to avoid focusing on selves
Reporters covering cholera in Haiti and the latest tsunami in Indonesia bring the world’s attention to people in urgent need,…
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Health officials, journalists agree information is key in public health crisis
When the H1N1 pandemic first hit in the fall or 2009, every sickness and every death was of great interest…
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11 chosen as 2010 AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellows
The Association of Health Care Journalists has announced the selection of the third class of AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellows. The…
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Workshop in Ohio tests waters for possible chapter
On Oct. 9, health care journalists and journalism professors turned out for a free workshop on how to use resources…
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