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Health journalism
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Vox provides access to ER billing database for reporters
Over the past year, Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) at Vox has been collecting emergency department bills from around the country and…
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Roxane Gay’s ‘Hunger’ a worthy, perhaps necessary, read for medical journalists
Content note: This blog post mentions sexual assault. I read (and write) nonfiction all day long, so most of my…
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Helpful info for journalists available about Society of Thoracic Surgeons database
CNN has found itself caught up in a complicated libel case after an investigative story it ran in 2015 about the…
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CNN in the hot seat: Using numbers without context has consequences
How many times have you wanted to make a comparison between two numbers — a local rate and national rate,…
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More than 80 attend D.C. chapter’s eighth annual holiday party
The eighth annual holiday party for the Washington, D.C., chapter of the Association of Health Care Journalists hosted reporters alongside…
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Dr. Lisa Schwartz’s loss reverberates throughout medical and journalism community
The evidence-based medical research community lost a hugely influential voice and amazing individual. Lisa Schwartz, M.D., M.S., a physician and…
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Moore Foundation awards $500,000-plus grant to AHCJ
The Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism, the educational arm of the Association of Health Care Journalists, has been…
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Rejuvenated Cleveland chapter gathers for social event
The newly reconstituted Cleveland chapter of the Association of Health Care Journalists launched with a Halloween social for AHCJ members…
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Just-announced AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellows to spend a week at agency
The Association of Health Care Journalists has announced the selection of a new class of AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellows. The…
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NYC’s first lady urges reporters to tackle mental health issues
Chirlane McCray is passionate about mental health. The first lady of New York City openly discusses how mental illness has…
