It’s advice we see repeated over and over: Get the faces and stories of real people into your articles about Health Policy.
That’s easier said than done, given the intense opinions and politics surrounding the Affordable Care Act and some reporters have found that using social media to reach out and find sources only results in angry responses from people who want to share their opinions – but not necessarily their experiences with health care and insurance.
Jason Hidalgo, a business reporter at the Reno (Nev.) Gazette-Journal, wrote a series of articles showing how a variety of people are affected by a lack of insurance. In the Shared Wisdom section of AHCJ’s Health Policy core topic area, he explains how he was able to use social media to find sources without engaging in the political discourse.
