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Freelancers get 8 tips on selling related stories to multiple markets #ahcj15
At the Health Journalism 2015 session, “Freelance: Re-slant and resell ideas to multiple markets,” panelists offered eight tips for turning…
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6 tips to find success writing for trade publications #ahcj15
Top editors offered great advice for journalists interested in freelancing for health trade publications during a panel at Health Journalism…
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Conference panel generates ACA resources, story ideas #ahcj15
Anyone who is moderating a session at an AHCJ conference is lucky to have AHCJ board member, Associated Press medical…
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Finding stories, avoiding pitfalls in new health data #ahcj15
With the trove of data out from everything from Medicare payments to data tracking relations between providers and drug companies,…
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Doctor says media coverage of Ebola ‘fanned the hysteria’ #ahcj15
Media coverage of the Ebola epidemic did a disservice to the public and, “a reckoning is due,” a Médecins Sans…
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Report: States fail to provide cost-saving dental procedure to children
Dental sealants have been proven to protect children’s teeth from tooth decay. Yet many states are lagging in efforts to…
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Success in the trades and writing for a professional audience (Health Journalism 2015)
Notes from a panel discussion on freelancing and working for trade publications at Health Journalism 2015, featuring Bob Finn, Daniel…
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Report, webinar look at public beliefs about aging vs. what experts know
I lucked out when I attended an American Society on Aging Conference in the late 1990s and met the person who…
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ZIP code vs. genetic code: How to cover health inequality #ahcj15
Poverty is a poignant reality – and an overwhelming one. If you’re a reporter, you might struggle to find the…
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Covering the wild west of microbiome research #ahcj15
Since stool transplants have turned out to be useful in fighting deadly hospital-borne C. difficile infections, new claims about the…
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