Fellows chosen for 2018 National Cancer Reporting Fellowships
A dozen journalists have been chosen for the 2018 class of the National Cancer Reporting Fellowships. AHCJ will be presenting the fellowships with expertise from the National Cancer Institute and others. The program is being supported by the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. The fellows will spend four days on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. More news…
New fellowship program compares international health systems
The Association of Health Care Journalists has announced a pilot fellowship program to help veteran U.S.-based journalists compare elements of the U.S. health system with those of other countries. The AHCJ International Health Study Fellowships, supported by The Commonwealth Fund, provides for training as well as international field reporting assistance. More news…
Workshop explores how urban life affects health
The first lady of New York will keynote AHCJ’s Urban Health Journalism Workshop in October. Chirlane McCray, the founder of comprehensive mental health plan ThriveNYC, as well as the wife of Mayor Bill de Blasio, will talk about addressing behavioral health issues in the city. The workshop will bring together journalists and health experts Oct. 18-19 in New York City. More news…
Comparative Effectiveness Research Fellows named for 2018
Eleven journalists have been chosen for the fourth class of the AHCJ Fellowship on Comparative Effectiveness Research. The fellowship program was created with support from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to help reporters and editors produce more accurate in-depth stories on medical research and how medical decisions are made. More news…
AHCJ names Jeff Porter director of education
Jeff Porter, AHCJ’s longtime special projects director, has been named director of education for the association and its Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism. Porter, who takes a lead role in content planning for national conferences and workshops, also will play a larger role in AHCJ’s growing array of national fellowship programs. “Jeff does a great job dealing with hundreds of speakers, instructors and moderators each year,” said Len Bruzzese, AHCJ’s executive director. More news…
Baltimore to host Health Journalism 2019
The Association of Health Care Journalists will convene in Baltimore for Health Journalism 2019. The organization’s annual conference, which draws attendees from across the United States and several other countries, is slated for May 2-5, 2019, at the Hilton Baltimore. Serving as the local host team this year will be Johns Hopkins University, including its Bloomberg School of Public Health and School of Nursing, and Johns Hopkins Medicine. More news…
Politico’s “The Agenda” section has published a 
