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AHCJ contest: Ready to recognize 2020 health journalism work
With 2020 as one of the most important times in health journalism history, the Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism is ready to accept entries to recognize the best health reporting in print, broadcast and online media.
First-place winners earn $500 and a framed certificate. They also receive complimentary lodging for two nights and registration for the annual conference, June 24-27, in Austin. Winners are recognized at the annual awards luncheon. Continue reading
AHCJ plans Health Journalism 2021 in Austin; still time to submit ideas
Update: AHCJ’s annual conference rescheduled for October
We’ve got a lot to talk about.
Health Journalism 2021 in Austin, Texas, will be AHCJ’s first annual conference after the COVID-19 outbreak, but the need for stories covering all the angles of this pandemic will still be going strong. And even more stories – related and unrelated – are yet to be explored in the months ahead.
The conference will be June 24-27 at the Hilton Austin. Continue reading
AHCJ backs public data about COVID-19 hospitalizations
Photo: Norman Mosjos via Flickr
The Association of Health Care Journalists strongly urges the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to keep public all data related to COVID-19 hospitalizations and to post the numbers as soon as they are available.
The Trump administration ordered hospitals to stop reporting COVID-19 data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and send patient information to a central database in Washington, D.C., starting this week.
AHCJ announces winners of 2019 health journalism contest
Investigations into flawed or corrupt health-care practices won many of the top honors in the Association of Health Care Journalists’ 2019 contest, for which results were announced today.
The Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism drew 454 entries, up 29% from the previous year, partly because of a surge in student-journalist entries.
This was the second year for the contest’s student category, designed to encourage and highlight work by young journalists.
Contest kickoff: Accepting entries for Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism
It’s now easier than ever to enter your best work in the premier contest for health journalism. The Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism – recognizing the best health reporting in print, broadcast and online media – today launched a new online platform for contest entries.
First-place winners earn $500 and a framed certificate. They also receive complimentary lodging for two nights and registration for the annual conference, April 30-May 3, 2020, in Austin. Winners are recognized at the annual awards luncheon. Continue reading