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Health journalism
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AHCJ fellows meet with Atlanta chapter
The Atlanta chapter of the Association of Health Care Journalists held a social gathering Dec. 10 at the Emory Conference…
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AHCJ fellows meet with Frieden during three days of CDC briefings
Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, met this morning with the AHCJ Regional…
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Levey: Reporters can change health care debate by telling communities’ stories
Journalists can do better educating the public about Health Policy and our system of health care, according to Noam Levey,…
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Stories about Robach’s breast cancer diagnosis ignore the evidence
It’s a jaw-dropper of a story. A reluctant television reporter is persuaded by her producers to have a mammogram in…
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Shared wisdom: Balancing privacy concerns when writing about family
Writer Janice Lynch Schuster has featured family members and herself in articles about health issues, such as her grandmother’s cognitive…
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Journalists get some pointers on covering mental health issues
The Bay Area chapter of AHCJ hosted a workshop at the San Francisco Chronicle on Oct. 17. Melissa McCoy, a…
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Get support to pursue major health reporting project
Health journalists have a rare chance to get support for work on an in-depth reporting project related to the U.S.…
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CHCF Center for Health Reporting names managing editor
Roger Smith, former national editor of the Los Angeles Times, has been named the managing editor of the California HealthCare…
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Anaheim advice for those attending health data workshop
AHCJ’s Health Data Journalism Workshop is right around the corner. We’re thrilled if you’ve chosen to join us this Thursday…
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Barring access to information, officials poses threat to public health
Alice Dreger, a professor of clinical medical humanities and bioethics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, writes for Pacific Standard…