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Mile-High City draws crowd for Health Journalism 2014
AHCJ’s first Mountain States conference – Health Journalism 2014 – brought journalists from across the United States and beyond to…
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New realities of aging: Resources for reporters
Links to research and resources, compiled by Eileen Beal, from a panel at Health Journalism 2014. It includes information about…
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Analysis looks at which consumers get better deal in the health insurance exchanges
MaryJo Webster Chris Snowbeck When writing about health insurance premiums under the Affordable Care Act, MaryJo Webster and Chris Snowbeck…
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Maine moves toward using dental therapists to extend care
Image by U.S. Pacific Fleet via Flickr. Technically trained dental auxiliaries known as dental therapists have been providing care in…
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Investigation: Officials sent sick, dying homeless people to unlicensed facility
Michael LaForgia Will Hobson “A home, but no help” was the fifth story in a seven-part investigative series on Hillsborough County’s…
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Mixing medical evidence with a personal health experience
Karen D. Brown When I was diagnosed with breast cancer following a routine mammogram, my first response definitely wasn’t, “I…
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Questions arise about oversight of pediatric dentists
Alia Wong The state of Hawaii continues to investigate the death of a three-year-old girl who went into a coma…
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2013 winners named in top health journalism awards
An investigation that found criminals running diet supplement companies, a series revealing the failure of hospitals to provide life-saving newborn…
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Using state exchange data, Chicago journalists estimate the true cost of health insurance
Kristen Schorsch Andrew Wang When purchasing health insurance, we’re basically buying blind. At the point of purchase, we have no…
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Use state public records laws to cover these aspects of health exchanges
Katie Kerwin McCrimmon Colorado health reporter Katie Kerwin McCrimmon is a relative newcomer to AHCJ and she shared some of…