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Health journalism
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HHS session on covering suicide described as new effort to engage reporters
The Department of Health and Human Services is sponsoring a seminar for reporters on covering suicide on Tuesday, in what…
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AHCJ names Jeff Porter director of education
Jeff Porter, AHCJ’s longtime special projects director, has been named director of education for the association and its Center for…
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Good health reporters know how to size up medical evidence
Care to know more about what it takes to accurately weigh medical evidence? You’ve got just a couple of days…
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Save the date: Baltimore to host Health Journalism 2019
The Association of Health Care Journalists will convene in Baltimore for Health Journalism 2019. The organization’s annual conference is slated…
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HHS to hire strategist to work with local reporters
The new assistant secretary for public affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services wants to improve the…
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AHCJ names 2018-19 Regional Health Journalism Fellows
The Association of Health Care Journalists has named the 2018-19 class of the Regional Health Journalism Fellowship, an annual program…
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2018 AHCJ-National Library of Medicine fellows selected
Six journalists have been named to this year’s class of AHCJ-National Library of Medicine fellows. The fellowship program was created to…
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Freelancers learn to maximize social media skills
Why do some journalists have thousands of followers and others barely a handful? Is it better to tweet, ‘gram or…
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Have a plan before tragic news breaks, Las Vegas reporter says
Reporters everywhere increasingly must cover mass violence and other chaotic situations, and should make a plan before any news erupts,…
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Verma participates in first of promised series of ’roundtables’ with reporters
Seema Verma, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, held her first on-the-record, in-person meeting with reporters…