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Resource is a fact book on older Americans
The latest version of “Profile of Older Americans: 2010,” published by the HHS Administration on Aging is available. AHCJ member…
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Allen wins Goldsmith Award, joins ProPublica
Marshall Allen, an award-winning AHCJ member, is joining ProPublica, the nonprofit investigative news organization based in New York. Allen has…
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See the Health Journalism 2011 program, speakers
We have been frantically updating the schedule this week for AHCJ’s annual conference with the names of speakers who will…
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NIH, CMS chiefs to speak at Newsmaker Briefings
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Institutes of Health, and Donald M. Berwick, M.D., M.P.P., administrator for…
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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust awards $1.1 million grant to support health journalists
The Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism, the educational arm of the Association of Health Care Journalists, has been…
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Exploring ethics, standards in science blogging
As a follow up to ScienceOnline 2011, independent journalist Maryn McKenna writes about bringing the standards of journalism to blogging.…
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Joint Commission makes more accreditation details available on website
Angie C. Marek, a member of AHCJ’s Right to Know Committee, contributed this update. The Joint Commission, the largest nonprofit…
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Guidelines for releasing information in public health crisis still in the works
When North Carolina officials recently announced the death of a teenager as a result of the flu but gave out…
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Welcome to AHCJ’s newest members
These journalists have joined AHCJ recently: Rebecca Adams, associate editor, CQ HealthBeat, Washington, D.C. Frank Ahern, senior scientist, Pennsylvania State…
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Holtz prescribes behavior modification for ‘White Coat Myopia’
Every year end brings a flood of stories about the “Top Medical Breakthroughs.” Over the rest of the year there…