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With new hire, AHCJ puts firearm violence and trauma front and center in public health reporting
AHCJ recently welcomed Kaitlin Washburn, a Chicago-based independent health reporter, as the organization’s first firearm violence and trauma HealthBeat leader…
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AHCJ invests in long-term sustainability by hiring its first development officer
Melody Morgan Melody Morgan, an adaptive, purpose-driven leader with more than 13 years of experience in development, joins AHCJ as…
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AHCJ welcomes first-ever environmental health core topic leader
AHCJ recently welcomed Elizabeth Aguilera, a California-based independent health reporter, as the organization’s first environmental health core topic leader. “We’re…
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AHCJ’s new patient safety core topic leader is veteran health care reporter
Mary Chris Jaklevic, a Chicago-based independent health care journalist with nearly 30 years of experience, has joined AHCJ as its…
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Trauma surgeon Dr. Jessica Beard to speak at Fall Summit in Chicago
Coverage of gun violence influences how people understand and respond to this public health issue. Close-ended coverage of individual shootings,…
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Start digging: AHCJ’s hospitalfinances.org website is back online
Hospitalfinances.org, a site AHCJ launched in 2018 to provide free, searchable financial information on nonprofit hospitals across the United States,…
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Registration opens Monday for Chicago summit on violence as a public health issue
Approximately 45,222 Americans died from gun-related injuries in 2020, the highest recorded number in U.S. history, according to recent CDC…
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Closing health care gaps in rural America
Imagine driving an hour for a colonoscopy. Because of limited access to health care, that’s the harsh reality for many…
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Tune into Facebook Live at 12:15 p.m. Friday to hear FDA Commissioner Califf
FDA Commissioner Robert Califf will speak and take questions on Friday, April 29 at 12:15 p.m. CST, at AHCJ’s annual…
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12 journalists to travel to Atlanta campus for first in- person CDC fellowship since 2019
Twelve journalists have been selected for the AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellowship, the first time since 2019 the two organizations have…