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Why freelancers should attend Health Journalism 2023
Photo by Paola RodriguezEditors attentively listen to freelancers pitch their ideas.Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect the…
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Playwright puts racism in health care on the stage
“Weathering,” a play that premiered last fall, takes on a public health crisis. The story centers on the grief that…
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What to know about the state of patient safety
Many prominent voices have raised alarms about deficiencies in patient safety as staffing shortages have increased.
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AHCJ welcomes first-ever environmental health core topic leader
AHCJ recently welcomed Elizabeth Aguilera, a California-based independent health reporter, as the organization’s first environmental health core topic leader. “We’re…
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Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams to host ‘fireside chat’ at HJ23
Dr. Jerome Adams who served under President Donald J. Trump from September 2017 until January 2021 as the 20th Surgeon…
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Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams to host a ‘fireside chat’ at HJ23
COLUMBIA — Dr. Jerome Adams who served under President Donald J. Trump from September 2017 until January 2021 as the…
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January Lunch and Learn: The trouble with editors
Writers may not realize it but one of our most valuable skills is diplomacy. Sometimes story edits go smoothly, but…
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Why journalists should follow bird flu closely in coming months
As you look for infectious disease stories (other than COVID-19), consider getting up to speed on avian flu, which could worsen this…
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4 tips for reporting on press releasesabout new study results for drugs
Many reporters on the health beat face tight deadlines to publish stories based on press releases from the pharmaceutical industry…
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Author Tracy Kidder and physician to the homeless Jim O’Connell to keynote HJ23
COLUMBIA — Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder and Boston physician Jim O’Connell, the subject of Kidder’s new book, will keynote…
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