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Health journalism
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President’s Corner: Health care too vast a beat without generosity of peers
From the Spring 2014 issue of HealthBeat. If you didn’t get to hear Rhiannon Meyers describe her diabetes project at…
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The challenge of writing about people in poverty
When online commenters get nasty, it’s tempting to just write them off as trolls. But is it possible that sometimes…
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Reporter crafts story about connections between poverty, illness
It didn’t sit right with Olga Khazan, an associate editor at The Atlantic, seeing so many people focus on individual…
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AHCJ invites members to run for board
Each year, members in AHCJ’s professional category elect members for the association board of directors. Six of the 12 director positions come up…
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AHCJ, HHS officials address appeal process for inadequate responses by PIOs
Reporters facing unreasonable delays or inadequate responses from media officials at an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and…
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New AHCJ chapter features discussion of costs, financial transparency
Dylan H. Roby, Ph.D., spoke at the first event held by the Southern California chapter of the Association of Health…
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Atlanta chapter learns the latest about e-cigarettes
A $2 billion market, sultry Jenny McCarthy ads, lounges dedicated to “vaping.” Members of the Atlanta AHCJ chapter heard about…
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Awards, new books and more for AHCJ members
The latest AHCJ members in the news are Julie Rovner, Cynthia Saver, Gary Schwitzer, Mary Shedden, Ed Silverman, Fran Smith,…
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New jobs, awards, books and speaking engagements for AHCJ members
The latest AHCJ members in the news are Ricki Lewis, Trudy Lieberman, Kevin B. O’Reilly, David Pittman, Cheryl Platzman Weinstock…
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Health care industry reacting to overtesting, overtreatment
The American health care system wastes an estimated $750 billion a year, according to the Institute of Medicine. At a…