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Health journalism
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Sandroff promoted to lead health, family coverage
AHCJ member Ronni Sandroff has been named editorial director, health & family, at Consumer Reports, making her responsible for overall…
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USA Today matches hospital quality data, tourism
USA Today‘s Steve Sternberg and Jack Gillum put a new spin on federal Hospital Compare ratings and other hospital quality…
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Herbicide levels high in many water supplies
Recent reports indicate that current federal standards may allow dangerous levels of the herbicide atrazine into water supplies, especially in…
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CJR: Where did ‘death panels’ come from?
AHCJ president Trudy Lieberman, writing for CJR.org, traced rumors of “death panels” in the Obama reform plan back to radio…
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What really happened at Memorial after Katrina?
In a story that is being co-published by The New York Times Magazine and ProPublica, Sheri Fink, M.D., painstakingly reconstructed…
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McKenna, Dockser Marcus awarded fellowships
AHCJ members Maryn McKenna and Amy Dockser Marcus are among the 10 Dart Center Ochberg Fellows, named by the Dart…
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Schwitzer: One-sided push for screening wrong
On his Schwitzer health news blog, University of Minnesota journalism professor, HealthNewsReview.org editor and AHCJ member Gary Schwitzer reminds journalists…
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Parikh: HuffPo + Northrup = half-baked story
In a continuation of his critique of the Huffington Post’s health coverage, Dr. Rahul Parikh chastises the online news outlet…
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Journal Sentinel: STATS not as impartial as it claims
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel‘s Susanne Rust and Meg Kissinger make the case that George Mason University-affiliated STATS, a media watchdog…
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Journalists attend two-day CDC flu briefing
AHCJ has sponsored 12 journalists to take part in a two-day workshop at the CDC about covering seasonal influenza and…