October 18, 2023

There's been a lot of buzz about ChatGPT lately, but is it a useful tool for research and reporting? Freelancers will explore that question and share their experiences with using artificial intelligence during this month’s Lunch and Learn, on Zoom this Thursday, Oct.19, at noon CT/1 p.m. ET.

Some journalism organizations are successfully using chatbots to sift through data or provide summaries and keywords of meetings — but ChatGPT is also known for producing misinformation or factual errors. We’ll discuss its potential benefits and pitfalls. Join us at this link:
https://zoom.us/j/97551484992?pwd=Rk9VandDMkhNTlgvdjRJUExKc01DQT09.

Lunch and Learn is a monthly networking event for freelancers, held the third Thursday of every month. (December’s event will be on the second Thursday due to the holidays.) Please visit the Freelance Center on the AHCJ website (on the Networking tab) for future topics— and feel free to suggest future topics to Michele Marill or Tammy Worth.

The AHCJ International Health Study Fellowship is a six-month program supporting veteran U.S.-based health care journalists who want to pursue a story or project comparing a facet of the U.S. health care system to that of another country. Read More »

What We're Reading

I Study Climate Change. The Data Is Telling Us Something New. (Zeke Hausfather for The New York Times)

Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible | Nieman Reports (Gabe Bullard for Nieman Reports)

Scientists Offer a New Explanation for Long Covid (Pam Belluck for The New York Times)

Insurers often shortchange mental health care coverage, despite a federal law (Nada Hassanein for USA Today)

Treating Rural America: The new country doctors (Hyacinth Empinado for STAT)

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Upcoming Events

Oct. 19, 1 p.m. ET: Lunch and Learn — Using AI for reporting, In AHCJ’s Lunch and Learn, freelance members chat about a designated topic every third Thursday of the month at 1 p.m. ET. The Zoom link is always the same.

Oct. 19: Fall Summit advance registration closes, Registrations made after Oct. 13 will not include meals. Read more »

Oct. 20, 5 p.m. ET: Application deadline — AHCJ International Health Study Fellowships, This fellowship is a six-month program supporting veteran U.S.-based health care journalists who want to pursue a story or project comparing a facet of the U.S. health care system to that of another country. Apply here »

Nov. 2–3: AHCJ Fall Summit — Homelessness and Health Care, Housing is a health care issue. Research leaves little doubt about the negative impact a lack of a place to call home has on people’s health. We’re going to dig into this complicated issue at our Fall Summit from Nov. 2–3 in Oakland, Calif. Read more »

Career Development / Sponsored Content

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Deputy Editor, Modern Healthcare

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