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Journalists discuss quote approval, emailed questions, access to experts #ahcj13
You’re on a tight deadline, and your source will only take questions by email. A public information officer insists on…
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Impressions from around the conference #ahcj13
After learning about the flaws in hospital ratings in one of Thursday’s sessions, I feel confident presenting my equally unscientific…
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Mass. governor welcomes journalists, focuses on cost containment #ahcj13
Expanding access to health care and improving quality while containing costs are issues Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick says are central…
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Simple tools for spicing up your stories with multimedia #ahcj13
Do you think adding multimedia to your online work is complicated? In a Thursday afternoon session Michelle Johnson, a professor of…
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AHCJ unveils hospitalinspections.org
The Association of Health Care Journalists today launched hospitalinspections.org, a free, searchable news application that compiles thousands of federal inspection…
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Snapshots from #ahcj13 | Curtis Skinner
Curtis Skinner, The New York World, New York: Favorite panel so far today: “I’ll say the social media one. (Facebook) graph…
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Snapshots from #ahcj13 | Rose Hoban
Rose Hoban, North Carolina Health News, Chapel Hill: Favorite panel so far today: “Making sense of hospital ratings. It was about picking apart…
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Getting a handle on social media #ahcj13
Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms can be useful — or time-killers. Social media should be both interesting and…
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Panel will discuss newly released 990 data on hospitals #ahcj13
AHCJ has just released a new trove of information from GuideStar on the finances of nonprofit U.S. hospitals. This information –…
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Using DocumentCloud to shine a light on sources #ahcj13
“Turn documents into data,” is the tagline for DocumentCloud, a free Web tool for journalists who want to search, analyze,…
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