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Health journalism
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AHCJ members provide context for reporter’s medical marijuana story
This is a guest post written at our request by Ryan Sabalow of the Redding (Calif.) Record-Searchlight. I knew I…
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MJS finds attempts to improve infant mortality rates are fragmented
This year, a team at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel launched “Empty Cradles,” a yearlong reporting effort to find out why…
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Covering Health Issues 6.0, coming soon to a mailbox near you*
*Assuming you’re an AHCJ member. If you aren’t a member, then keep in mind that a free copy of each…
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Interactive models make anatomy accessible
The body imaging folks over at GE Healthymagination have teamed with Healthline networks to put together Healthline BodyMaps, a user-friendly…
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Peck reports another questionable PR pitch
In the wake of the discussion over whether public relations folks should offer money to journalists to serve on focus…
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PR rep says journalists’ stipend to attend Allergan event was misconstrued
An invitation to journalists to participate in an Allergan-hosted “Facial Aesthetics Advisory Panel” that included an offer of a $250…
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Reporter checks records, hits facility with news of looming closure
After picking up new tools and techniques at Health Journalism 2011, reporter Sarah Bruyn Jones returned to The Roanoke Times…
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PR professional offers cash for attending Allergan-hosted event
Journalist Lisa Collier Cool was “truly appalled” to receive an email that offered her a $250 stipend if she would…
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Herald reports on failures of assisted living system
The Miami Herald‘s yearlong “Neglected to Death” series on abuse and violations in assisted living facilities is expansive, but I…
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Ex-pharma rep talks about pressure, tactics to sell
A story reported and produced by Gerri Shaftel at KTTV-Los Angeles (and presented by Christine Devine) gives viewers a look…