Health Beat
Monitoring the Pulse of Health Care Journalism
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Journal’s new blog breaks stories, offers analysis
In March, The Wall Street Journal launched the Health Blog, an attempt to meld the Journal's standards for reporting and…
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N.J. pharmaceutical reporter becomes full-time blogger
The Star-Ledger's Ed Silverman is a new breed of big city health reporter. Since January, he's become a full-time Web…
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Passion for public service journalism leads to Web site
Carol Gentry, a senior health reporter for the Tampa Tribune, has founded Florida Health News Inc. (FHN), a nonprofit online…
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How we did it: Diving into prescription privacy
Bob Segall of WTHR-Indianapolis went dumpster diving at drug stores and found that personal prescription records were being thrown out…
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New CUNY program gives students tools to do more in-depth health reporting
The City University of New York has started a concentration in health and medicine reporting. Students are learning how to…
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Bay Area chapter examines conflicts of interest
Thirty Bay Area AHCJ members and health journalists gathered in The London Wine bar in San Francisco on May 8,…
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Health journalism degree programs provide new pathway into field
Medical and health information is complicated to understand, and even more so to report. With shrinking newsrooms and fewer specialized…
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Advocacy and lobbying groups
Find out about the membership and funding sources for health-care-related nonprofit advocacy groups.
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Appleby named to fill vacant board position
Julie Appleby, a reporter with USA Today, has been named to the board of directors of the Association of Health…
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The Next Big (Health) Crisis – And How to Cover It
AHCJ cosponsored a 2006 conference at the Nieman Foundation about news coverage of the next big health crisis, with a…
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