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Health Journalism 2017

Thank you for joining us in Orlando!

Nearly 700 people attended the world’s premier training event for journalists interested in covering health care, medical research, public health issues, consumer health, ethics and the business of health care.

Health Journalism 2017 hosted hundreds of reporters, editors, producers and news directors taking part in educational sessions, skills-building opportunities and career networking.

KICKOFF ROUNDTABLE

Violence as a public health emergency

Georges Benjamin, M.D.
Executive Director, American Public Health Association

Rachel Davis, M.S.W.
Managing Director, Prevention Institute

Gary Slutkin, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer, Cure Violence

Andrea McDaniels
Health and medicine reporter, The Baltimore Sun

Public health experts will participate in a roundtable about applying public health interventions to change the underlying conditions that foster and spread violence.

AWARDS LUNCHEON PRESENTATION

More than a meal: Serving up a health care solution

Ellie Hollander, president and CEO of Meals on Wheels, will talk about efforts to integrate the tried and true “more than just a meal” model into health care as the rapidly growing senior population is poised to almost double by 2050 and the need for services will continue to rise.

Panels

See the packed daily lineups!

Field trips

Workshops

Follow a basic science track or a gene editing track, learn how to better engage readers or how to make use of cell phone video, focus on how to better protect your sources or better explain medical studies.