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Madison media team up, focus on health access
Instead of bickering and battling for scraps when times got tough, media in Madison, Wis., set aside differences, circled the…
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Rural health costs: Lower, but just as uneven
Writing on the rural news site Daily Yonder, Bill Bishop and Julie Ardery take a look at the Dartmouth Atlas,…
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SF chapter presents workshop on FOI, public records
More than 40 people attended a panel that offered an overview and updates about the Freedom of Information Act and…
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Social media takes over ScienceWriters 2009
Writing for the Columbia Journalism Review, Robin Lloyd and Cristine Russell tell an increasingly familiar story: Twitter and friends take…
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War injuries advance treatment of brain injuries
In a three-part package published this month, the Los Angeles Times‘ Melissa Healy explains recent advances in the diagnosis and…
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CBS questions CDC’s H1N1 prevalence estimates
CBS’s Sharyl Attkisson reviewed state and federal data (collected through FOIA and other open records requests) and found that H1N1…
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Cancer society’s messages on screening conflict
The New York Times‘ Gina Kolata reports that the American Cancer Society, a longtime defender of early detection and cancer…
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They gave us Part D, now protect it from reform
ProPublica’s Olga Pierce reports that at least 25 of the folks who helped push through pharma-friendly Medicare Part D six…
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InvestigateWest receives $40,000 grant
InvestigateWest, a nonprofit investigative journalism site based in Seattle, has received a $40,000 grant from the Bullitt Foundation. AHCJ members…
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Sources and resources for journalists covering aging
AHCJ member Eileen Beal, an independent journalist who has covered aging issues since the late 1990s, compiled this list of…
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