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Health journalism
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How do you advise people who want to be health journalists?
Covering Health needs some help from its readers today. Felice Freyer, a medical writer at The Providence (R.I.) Journal and…
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TV producer makes case for longer embargoes
Bob Ray, a medical producer at WMAQ-Chicago, makes the argument that television journalists need more advanced notice on embargoed stories.…
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Health officials clashed over alerting public to fungal infection in wake of Joplin tornado
Following the devastating tornado in Joplin, Mo., county public health officials found themselves in conflict with state officials about alerting…
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AHCJ members honored with recent awards
AHCJ members Daniel M. Keller, Ph.D., and Eric T. Rosenthal won the 2011 APEX News Series Writing Award for Publication…
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Meet AHCJ’s newest members
Please welcome AHCJ’s newest group of members. All new AHCJ members are welcome to stop by this post’s comment section…
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Reporter predicts Houston to emerge as global health hub
Jaclyn Schiff, writing for the UN Dispatch, makes the case that journalists should look to Houston as the emerging hub…
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Wahlberg offers advice on avoiding unfortunate incident
It’s the kind of call every journalist dreads. David Wahlberg, of the Wisconsin State Journal, writes that a call from…
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Reporter’s investigation exposes inefficient charity
In the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jane Friedmann used simple tax documents and a local woman’s complaint to show that most…
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Medtronic hires Yale researchers to review Infuse data
Medtronic, the manufacturer of spine fusion product Infuse, has hired Yale University researchers to review patient data and adverse event…
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Balancing readers’ desire for short articles with need for meaningful analysis
Writing for Prepared Patient Forum, Jessie Gruman uses the demise of the News of the World to explore the commodification…