Health Beat
Monitoring the Pulse of Health Care Journalism
Ad
-
•
New Republic: Confirm proposed FDA chief now
The New Republic‘s Jonathan Cohn extols the virtues of public health veteran and pandemic pro Margaret Hamburg, and asks why…
-
Biology of Aging: Sources and Resources
Health Journalism 2009 Biology of Aging panel moderator and independent journalist Eileen Beal proves basic articles, books, journals, national organizations…
-
•
Biden gives bum travel advice on H1N1
Vice President Joe Biden showed the world Thursday why he’s not the administration’s regular point man on health. Appearing on…
-
•
Blog outlines differences in two health databases
The Emerging Technologies Librarian blog takes a moment to explain why the government maintains both the MedlinePlus and Healthfinder databases,…
-
•
Cable, Web coverage of swine flu increases anxiety
Tim Arango and Brian Stelter of The New York Times report that the “24-hour news cycle of cable news and…
-
•
Students look at rural health care in north Ga.
Students at the University of Georgia spent the past few months assembling a 19-story package on health in six rural…
-
•
Institute of Medicine prescribes ethics overhaul
A pillar of the medical establishment criticized industry freebies for doctors in a wide-ranging report that calls for an end…
-
•
Online tools for creating multimedia: easy, accessible, and inexpensive
There are many ways for journalists to enhance storytelling with the use of online multimedia tools without having to learn…
-
•
Mass. health journalism fellows named
Ten journalists were named to the 2009 class of the Health Coverage Fellowship sponsored by the Blue Cross Blue Shield…
-
•
Style guide encourages accurate coverage of aging
The International Longevity Center – USA and Aging Services of California have teamed up to create “Media Takes: On Aging”…
Featured Resources
Work the Health Beat.
Get exclusive news and training opportunities from AHCJ in your inbox once a week.