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Health journalism
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Advocacy group releases mental health media guide
The second edition of a media guide for reporting on suicide and mental illness, prepared by Wisconsin United for Mental…
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Documentary exposes hospital billing practices
Do No Harm, a documentary that focuses on questionable billing practices at a nonprofit hospital in Georgia, premiered last month…
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CDC refuses to hand over 4,000 pages to paper
In January, 2007, AHCJ member and Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Alison Young asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for…
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Story examines risks, rewards for medical tourists
In a recent story for The Arizona Republic, Ginger Rough paints a clear picture of the advantages and disadvantages of…
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CJR: Unmask AMA’s push to steer reform, please
In the Columbia Journalism Review, Trudy Lieberman, president of AHCJ’s board of directors, notes that the mighty American Medical Association…
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Why health costs in McAllen, Texas, resonate
Let’s just say right from the start that Atul Gawande’s recent story in The New Yorker about runaway health costs…
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‘Prescription for Disaster’ reporter wins Livingston
John Dickerson, a 26-year-old reporter for the Phoenix New Times, won the Livingston Award for Young Journalists in the local…
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Fellows will learn about using NIH research
Monday is the deadline to apply for this fellowship, which includes travel expenses, lodging and stipend for a week at…
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Newsweek pans Oprah’s health advice
In this week’s cover story, Weston Kosova and Pat Wingert devote about seven pages to the health information Oprah Winfrey…
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Tuller: Focus on public, not personal, health
David Tuller, a graduate professor of health care journalism at the University of California, uses the National Sleep Foundation’s pharmaceutical…