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Covering the e-cigarette controversy
Sonya Collins Atlanta independent journalist Sonya Collins has carved a niche for herself covering the controversial world of e-cigarettes. Her feature, “When…
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Reporting on the confusion over medical tests and the consequences
Beth Daley A question nagged at me a year after I had finished a story about suspect Lyme disease tests:…
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AHCJ releases Medicare provider payment data broken down by state
Medicare pays doctors and other providers virtually everywhere in the United States, amounting to more than $70 billion in 2013,…
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Covering the ACA state subsidy issue
Lauren Sausser Lauren Sausser of The Post and Courier in South Carolina was surprised by an email from a reader asking…
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Don’t stick to experts: How to find people who acquired insurance under the ACA
Shannon Muchmore Having trouble talking to “real” people about their experiences under the Affordable Care Act? This tip sheet by…
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Journalist turns six months of research into eight-part series on hepatitis C epidemic
Kristin Espeland Gourlay While working on a documentary about opioid addiction, Kristin Espeland Gourlay, the health care reporter for Rhode Island…
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Print, radio reporters team up to expose a fraying mental health system in Idaho
Audrey Dutton Emilie Ritter Saunders Last fall, The Idaho Statesman newspaper and NPR member station Boise State Public Radio ran…
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Tracking doctors’ fees: An important angle to pursue when hospitals acquire physician groups
Margot Sanger-Katz In an excellent article for The New York Times’ Upshot blog, Margot Sanger-Katz explained what happens when a…
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FDA resources for tracking the approval, oversight of medical devices
In this tip sheet, prepared for Health Journalism 2015, investigative reporter Peter Eisler (@byPeterEisler) offers some resources for reporting on medical…
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Health journalists learn latest in the field in Silicon Valley
Nearly 700 people attended Health Journalism 2015, the annual conference of the Association of Health Care Journalists. The gathering, in…