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Health journalism
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New models bridge the gap in health care news #ahcj14
Necessity has become the mother of innovative business models for local news. It’s no secret that vanishing news outlets and…
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Journalists high on health journalism for AHCJ’s annual conference #ahcj14
Journalists from all corners of the U.S. and some other countries gathered in the Mile-High City last week to learn…
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Offit challenges reporters to avoid false balance #ahcj14
Paul Offit, M.D., has had it with the journalistic canard of false balance as a reflexive stand-in for objectivity –…
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Bugs in the body: When bacteria can be healthy #ahcj14
With falling costs of genetic screening, research into the body’s microbial community has grown tremendously, offering new insights into what…
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What do editors want from freelancers? #ahcj14
Editors from four newspapers, magazines and web platforms offered great tips on how to conceive, pitch and write a freelance…
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Sullivan shares experiences with racism, the early days of AIDS and serving under George H.W. Bush #ahcj14
Louis Sullivan, M.D., recounted his decades of service to medicine to attendees of Health Journalism 2014 on Thursday at the…
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Pull sexy quotes, say thank you and share, share, share #ahcj14
Overheard at “The Art of the Tweet:” Pull out a sexy quote to write a good tweet like: “#Ambien replaces #roofies as…
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Health reporter finds conflicts between medical evidence, personal experience
When first diagnosed with breast cancer, journalist Karen D. Brown didn’t plan to write about it. But, as she met…
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Sunshine Week: Committee advocates for access to information
This is Sunshine Week, a yearly celebration of open government. It’s held every year in the week that includes the…
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Announcing the 2014 AHCJ-Healthier Beat Health Journalism Fellows
Congratulations to our AHCJ-Healthier Beat fellows, who will be attending AHCJ’s annual conference, Health Journalism 2014. This program, aimed at better…