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Health journalism
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Causes, consequences of Nashville’s diabetes hot zone
In The Tennessean (and USA Today), Tom Wilemon has assembled a series of reports on what he calls “the diabetes…
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Fellowships, new jobs for AHCJ members
Longtime AHCJ member Eileen Beal was awarded a MetLife Journalists in Aging Fellowship to attend the Gerontological Society of America…
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LA Times: While board investigates, doctors’ ‘reckless prescribing’ kills
By zeroing in on one particular type of dangerous physician behavior, known as “reckless prescribing,” Los Angeles Times reporters Lisa…
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Investigation exposes police inaction in face of abuse allegations at Calif. facilities
In recent weeks, California Watch’s long-running focus on abuse of the developmentally disabled at state-run institutions has coalesced into a…
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E-books may become new outlet for journalists
This is a guest post by Stephen Beale, an AHCJ member and editor of Bulldog Reporter’s Inside Health Media and…
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Welcome to AHCJ’s newest members
Please welcome our newest professional and student members to AHCJ. All new members are welcome to stop by this post’s…
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D.C.-area members gather to celebrate holiday season
This is a guest post by AHCJ board member Phil Galewitz, a senior correspondent with Kaiser Health News. The AHCJ…
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2013 Reporting Fellowships on Health Care Performance awarded
The Association of Health Care Journalists has awarded five journalists AHCJ Reporting Fellowships on Health Care Performance. The program, in…
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JAMA editor predicts embargoes will be up for discussion
This is a guest post by AHCJ board member and AP medical writer Carla K. Johnson, who leads AHCJ’s Chicago…
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American, Kenyan students to cover global health projects
An initiative at Boston University will attempt to “fill the void in developing-world health reporting” by using students from that…