Please welcome these new professional and student members to AHCJ.
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Welcome to AHCJ’s newest members
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AHCJ heads to Baltimore for annual conference
Hundreds of health journalists will gather in Baltimore – known as Charm City – for the annual AHCJ conference May 2-5.
Health Journalism 2019 will be at the Baltimore Hilton, a short walk from the Inner Harbor, with shops, museums, restaurants and historic ships. The hotel is next to Camden Yards, the home of the Baltimore Orioles. And yes, the Orioles are scheduled to be at home during the conference, hosting the Tampa Bay Rays from May 3-5. Continue reading
Call for entries opens for health journalism awards
Entries for the 2012 Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism are now being accepted.
Following on changes begun last year, the contest retains its topic-based categories, where entries compete head-to-head no matter whether they appeared in magazines, newspapers, trade publications or on radio or television stations or websites.
The Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism recognize the best health reporting in print, broadcast and online media. The contest is run by journalists for journalists and is not influenced or funded by commercial or special-interest groups. The contest features 12 categories and entries can include a wide range of health coverage including public health, consumer health, medical research, the business of health care and health ethics.
Chicago chapter learns about social media for working journalists
There was a little LOL, but also plenty of cyber meat for the nearly 20 journalists, academics and students attending the AHCJ Chicago Chapter’s autumn event on social media at Columbia College on Sept. 19. Former AHCJ President Duncan Moore organized and moderated the panel discussion about the intersection of journalism and social media.
The Chicago Reader’s “Tweeter In Chief” Asher Klein (@Chicago_Reader) told how the weekly uses social media, in particular Twitter, to promote stories and engage and attract readers. Continue reading
Member close-up: Wisconsin State Journal’s David Wahlberg
From hospitals to medical research to consumer trends, David Wahlberg covers the waterfront when it comes to health and health care.
Wahlberg (@davidkwahlberg) has covered these topics for about 20 years, and has worked at the Wisconsin State Journal in Madison since 2005.
As a Kaiser Media Fellow in Health in 2009-10, Wahlberg wrote an 11-part series, “Out of reach: The rural health care gap,” that won a Sigma Chi Delta award from the Society of Professional Journalists. His five-part series in 2007, “Medical Misconnections: Patient-safety problems and solutions,” won a first-place award from the Association of Health Care Journalists. He has been a member of AHCJ for 10 years.
YEARS COVERING HEALTH:
Nearly 20
David Wahlberg
CURRENT BEAT:
Health/health care
RECENT STORIES INCLUDE:
A column, Health Sense, which I started after this year’s AHCJ conference.
A two-part series on nursing homes:
- Five county nursing home facilities had nine serious citations
- Green Houses aim to change the face of nursing home care
“Madison Without Borders,” a special section on global health – sidebars:
- UW’s Global Health Institute about more than meds and surgery
- Ethiopia: UW Hospital staff focuses on teaching emergency medicine
- Uganda: Class creates awareness of needs abroad and at home
- Bangladesh: Foundation empowers women diagnosed with breast cancer
- Kenya: Students, teachers promote Health by Motorbike
- Haiti: Earthquake inspires doctor to help workers help themselves
“Inside Out,” a two-part series about a rare birth defect:
- Fear strikes when Jefferson couple learns baby will have rare birth defect
- Atrazine link? Doctor sees ‘ominous trends,’ but no proof
- After surgery, Jefferson family begin anxious watch over son born with gastroschisis
- Cause & defect: Docs see links, but state officials say it costs too much to investigate
FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOUR JOB:
The variety. I cover hospitals and clinics, medical research, health policy, public health, community health, consumer health, prevention programs, treatment trends, patient struggles and successes, disciplinary actions against providers and more. Continue reading
Welcome to the newest AHCJ members
Please welcome our newest professional and student members to AHCJ. All new members are welcome to stop by this post’s comment section to introduce themselves.
- Dawn Bialy, editor, Belvoir Media Group, Sarasota, Fla.
- Larry Blumenthal, executive producer, health, Philly.com, Philadelphia (@lblumenthal)
- Katy Butler, independent journalist, Mill Valley, Calif.
- Jaclyn Cosgrove, health & medical reporter, The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City (@jaclyncosgrove)
- Charles Denham, editor in chief, Journal of Patient Safety, Austin, Texas (@charles_denham)
- Jessica Genninger, medical reporter/researcher, The Dr. Oz Show, New York
- Laura High, independent journalist, Denver
- Thomas James, health producer, WUSA-Silver Spring, Md. (@thomasjamestj)
- Kevin Johnson, medical student journalist, Dr. Oz Show, New York
- Shefali Kulkarni, reporter, Kaiser Health News, Washington, D.C. (@shefalikulkarni)
- Sara Miller, medical reporter/researcher, The Dr. Oz Show, New York
- Jacqueline Paulis, medical reporter/researcher, The Dr. Oz Show, New York
- Nazli Senyuva, medical reporter/researcher, The Dr. Oz Show, New York
- Alexander Wayne, reporter, Bloomberg News, Washington, D.C. (@aawayne)
If you haven’t joined yet, see what member benefits you’re missing out on: Access to more than 50 journals and databases, tip sheets and articles from your colleagues on how they’ve reported stories, conferences, workshops, online training, reporting guides and more. Join AHCJ today to get a wealth of support and tools to help you.