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Announcing the 2016 AHCJ-California Health Journalism Fellows
Congratulations to our AHCJ-California Health Journalism fellows, who will be attending AHCJ’s annual conference, Health Journalism 2016. We were able to…
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Registration for Health Journalism 2016 has been extended; see the highlights
Health journalists have a few more days to sign up and get the advance rate for AHCJ’s annual conference. If…
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Announcing the 2016 AHCJ-Healthier Beat Health Journalism Fellows
Congratulations to our AHCJ-Healthier Beat fellows, who will be attending AHCJ’s annual conference, Health Journalism 2016. This program, aimed at better…
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Covering the debate over expanded use of dental therapists
A recent news package in The Seattle Times by reporter Will Drabold took a look at how the controversy over…
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Reporter explains how he balanced research, anecdotes in pesticide piece
One of the trickiest balances a health reporter must strike is the one between anecdotes and evidence. The former is…
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Attending Health Journalism 2016? Go for a walk in Cleveland
Cleveland boasts what may be the most compact downtown area of any major city conference attendees are likely to visit.…
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In health reporting, hard data provides a sound skeletal structure for good anecdotes
“Pesticide use by farmers linked to high rates of depression, suicides.” This story came about because I saw a federal…
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Check out this new primer on LGBT health issues
In the past year, we’ve moved to beef up our content area on health disparities, including those affecting certain subgroups,…
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Keep these things in mind when writing about LGBT health coverage
As a gay man in his mid-twenties, I knew HIV testing was a normal part of my health care regimen,…
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New report provides snapshot of gum disease prevalence
Periodontal disease, also known as gum disease, is a widespread oral health problem. Research suggests that nearly half of all…
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