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Health journalism
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Giffords’ surgeon credits system, multidisciplinary approach
With the news that U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head in Tucson in January, will travel…
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Hoban compares N.C. mental health system to other states
WUNC’s Rose Hoban took advantage of an AHCJ fellowship to create far-reaching series on what state and local governments are…
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Federal agency issues guide to covering suicides
Asserting that safe media reporting is one of the best ways to prevent suicide, the federal Substance Abuse and Mental…
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Ontario considers exempting some hospital records from FOI law
Legal Feeds blogger Glenn Kauth, of the Canadian Law Times, reports that Ontario’s legislature is currently considering a law containing…
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APA ghostwriting/COI scandal simmers quietly
For folks who have had trouble keeping up, MIWatch.org’s Phyllis Vine has pieced together a particularly readable roundup of where…
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Pulitzer nods demonstrate breadth of health beat
This week’s Pulitzer announcements demonstrated just how far health journalism spread its wings in 2010, with health-related stories snagging wins…
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Journalists learn more about using social media tools
By Shuka Kalantari (@skalantari; @KQEDhealth) KQED Public Radio Though blogging and social media have been around for some time now,…
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Neurosurgeon reflects on time in the media spotlight
By Anna Nguyen Independent Journalist For G. Michael Lemole Jr., M.D., it’s simply his job to save the lives of…
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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,…