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AHCJ membership guidelines updated, made more inclusive
The AHCJ board of directors in June voted unanimously to revise the association's membership guidelines in an effort to involve…
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Media Fellows on Health Performance named for 2010-11
The Association of Health Care Journalists has awarded the first AHCJ Media Fellowships on Health Performance. The program, supported by…
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‘Landmark:’ Behind the scenes of covering health care reform
After passage of Health Policy, a Washington Post team wrote “Landmark: The Inside Story of America’s New Health-Care Law and…
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AHCJ members show their support for organization as individual donors
We don't often get the chance to say thank you to the individuals who add $20 to their membership renewals…
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Reform’s next challenge: Telling the health stories of real community residents
President's Corner, by Charles Ornstein Charles Ornstein On a day-to-day basis, it seemed that political stories got better billing -…
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Reporting on the intersection of health and the environment
Some of the hottest topics in news these days are at the intersection of health and environmental beats. Drinking water…
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Transcript: What’s next? Reporting on Health Policy between now and 2014
Some top Washington, D.C.-based journalists discussed implementation deadlines, how to tie local issues to reform, Medicare reimbursement rates, what reporters…
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Medicaid data yields details on prescribing habits
One psychiatrist in Chicago was prescribing a risky psychiatric medication to more patients than all the doctors in Texas, based…
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Investigating alternative treatments for autism
Trish Callahan & Trine Tsouderos, of the Chicago Tribune, won an Award for Excellence in Health Care Journalism for "Dubious…
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Committee works to improve access to experts, officials
If a public relations representative listens in on an interview, should the reporter let readers know? That question has recently…