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Health journalism
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Panelists suggest stories about Health Policy implementation
By Sue Pondrom Independent journalist There are three key aspects for journalists to watch as the Affordable Care Act moves…
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Officials, reporters offer conflicting advice on getting public documents
By Michelle Rupe Eubanks For AHCJ The fight by journalists to obtain public documents isn’t likely to get any easier,…
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Berwick debuts website featuring health data
By Susan Jaffe, Independent Journalist From Health Journalism 2011 Journalists have a key role to play making health care safer…
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Weiss joins Calif. Center for Health Reporting; Udesky joins FairWarning
Folks attending Sunday’s broadcast panel at Health Journalism 2011 should know that one of the speakers, AHCJ member Kelley Weiss,…
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Scenes from day one of the conference
The first day of Health Journalism 2011 included workshops on mapping and charting health data, criteria to help reporters accurately…
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CMS releases hospital-by-hospital data on never events
About nine months after its original due date, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have overcome industry opposition and…
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Institute launches global health data clearinghouse
Last month, the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (about) launched the Global Health Data Exchange (or…
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Series brings readers’ perspectives to obesity story
Weight loss and obesity stories are a pillar of health journalism and a flashpoint for reader interest, but they have…
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An inside view of writing for New York Times’ Magazine
On the blog The OPEN Notebook, New York Times Magazine contributor Robin Marantz Henig spoke frankly with Jeanne Erdmann about…
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Coverage of insurance exchanges needs context
During the past few days, I have read quite a bit of local coverage about health insurance exchanges from about …