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Health and education: Two intersecting beats
Almost everywhere on the education beat, from the state policy level to inside classrooms, health issues abound. Cover education long…
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Health and education: Reporting resources
This list of resources and story ideas should help reporters find and cover those stories that intersect on the education…
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Reporting on the business of health care
Covering the business of health care is a challenge, whether reporting on insurance companies, service providers, consumers, pharmaceutical companies or…
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Reporting on the business of health care: Resources
Covering the business of health care is a challenge, whether reporting on insurance companies, service providers, consumers, pharmaceutical companies or…
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Reporting on the business of health care: Glossary of terms
Covering the business of health care is a challenge, whether reporting on insurance companies, service providers, consumers, pharmaceutical companies or…
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Health reporting resources for journalists on state and local government beats
Health is an essential part of the beat for reporters covering state and local government, even more so as media…
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Shortened Lives: How location, lifestyle affect health
In their series "Shortened Lives," Suzanne Bohan and Sandy Kleffman profiled people from different (though nearby) ZIP codes, noting the…
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Using the Census for health reporting
The U.S. Census Bureau puts together a wealth of health-related information from its American Community Survey and decennial Census. You…
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Covering a complex story for the long haul
Last August, Sheri Fink's article, "The Deadly Choices at Memorial," a collaboration between ProPublica and The New York Times, described…
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Addressing the growing demand for kidneys
Josephine Marcotty of the Minneapolis Star Tribune recently wrote a series addressing the increasing demand for kidneys, a need spurred…