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Award winners tackled range of important medical, health issues
Investigations into shoddy oversight of adult care homes and low quality at dialysis centers – along with moving portrayals of…
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2010 winners named in premier health journalism awards
Investigations into shoddy oversight of adult care homes and low quality at dialysis centers – along with moving portrayals of…
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Journalists must heed ethics in disaster coverage
A little more than a week after the historic earthquake, tsunami and nuclear emergency in Japan, journalists are beginning to…
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Meeting the challenges of explaining Health Policy
Editor’s note: Today we introduce Joanne Kenen as AHCJ’s Health Policy topic leader. She will be writing blog posts, tip…
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Survey: Only half of federal agencies have better FOI procedures
A report from the Knight Open Government Survey found that, despite some progress, federal agencies are only halfway there when…
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‘Do No Harm’ team captures another award
AHCJ member Marshall Allen and Alex Richards have won the investigative reporting category in the 2010 Scripps Howard Awards for…
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Berens wins Nieman award for adult homes series
The Harvard-based Nieman Foundation for Journalism has selected AHCJ member and Seattle Times reporter Michael Berens for the $20,000 2010…
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FOI blog to follow throughout the year
Long after Sunshine Week has passed us by we recommend keeping an eye on the Art of Access blog (RSS…
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Team investigates region’s high infant mortality rate
Milwaukee has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the nation and a persistent, troubling gap in birth outcomes…
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AHCJ leaders hold series of media access meetings with government officials
AHCJ representatives held a series of meetings in Washington, D.C., last week to press for government openness at the state…
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