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Health journalism
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ScienceBlogs reverses course, evicts Pepsi blog
PZ Myers of the Pharyngula blog on ScienceBlogs reports that Seed CEO and editor-in-chief Adam Bly has sent a letter…
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PepsiCo sparks controversy on ScienceBlogs
A firestorm has erupted over at ScienceBlogs over its decision to allow PepsiCo to have a blog, called Food Frontiers,…
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New AHCJ board seated for 2010-11
Andy Miller, longtime health care journalist, joined five incumbents in being seated on the Association of Health Care Journalists’ board…
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How the CDC used consumer mapping tech in Haiti
Writing for Government Health IT, Carolyn Duffy Marsan explores the CDC’s reliance on free and open source mapping software and…
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AHCJ members’ work honored by Journalism Center on Children & Families
Congratulations to the AHCJ members who earned 2010 Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism for “distinguished coverage of disadvantaged children, youth…
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Survey: Freelance writers leaving the business
Rebecca Rosen Lum, an independent journalist, writes in the California Progress Report that the pool of veteran freelancers – a…
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Calif. finds 3,500 nurses were disciplined elsewhere
California’s nursing board has confirmed what fans of Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber’s disciplined caregivers series for ProPublica and the…
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Healthcare.gov coming July 1
KHN’s Phil Galewitz previews the July 1 launch of a federal website he says “will give consumers a list of…
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Vaccine waivers contribute to outbreak
In the wake of California’s public health director’s declaration that whooping cough has reached epidemic status, California Watch’s Christina Jewett…
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Mental health impact of the BP spill multiplies
Reporters are digging deep into the potential public health and toxicity issued posed by the oil that has been pouring…