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Health journalism
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3 AHCJ members awarded Hunt grants
From more than 75 applications, five journalists were chosen for the USC Annenberg School of Journalism’s Dennis A. Hunt Health…
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Autism news raises question: When is an embargo not an embargo?
Are embargoes yet another quaint tradition that, like so many before it, has been pushed into obsolescence by the weight…
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NIH updates stimulus grant info, releases database
We’ve been waiting for this one. The National Institutes of Health have followed through on their promise to release a…
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Ivanhoe’s health reporting tips
Ivanhoe health correspondent Kirsten Houmann dispensed some advice recently on how best to report health news. She hands out tips…
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Why aren’t some on dialysis referred for transplants?
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporters Andrew Conte and Luis Fabregas have released the results of an extensive investigation into kidney transplant and…
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Recent examples show need for critical evaluation
Using parenting Web sites as examples, the Boston Globe‘s Joanna Weiss writes about how many sites, which live or die…
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AHCJ members awarded fellowships, grants
AHCJ members Stephanie Innes, Peter Korn, Viji Sundaram and Megha Satyanarayana are among the 15 National Health Journalism Fellows and…
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Member evaluates stories for Tracker site
Paul Raeburn, author and Fathers and Families blogger, has started tracking health and medicine stories for the Knight Science Journalism…
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Census data on insurance coverage: The recap
The Census Bureau couldn’t have timed the release of its first American Community Survey data on health insurance coverage in…
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Health journo goes it alone without insurance
Freelance health writer and AHCJ founding member Duncan Moore has gained national attention recently for his Los Angeles Times piece…