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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Finding a freelance gem
DESCRIPTION:In the midst of the journalism free-fall—publications closing\, editors getting laid off\, editorial budgets tightening—there are still some well-paying outlets. We’ll brainstorm about the best markets and share advice about how to pitch them.  \n\n\n\nAlso: How do you nurture your relationships with editors to turn an assignment or two into a regular gig? \n\n\n\nAHCJ hosts virtual Lunch and Learn sessions for our freelance members on the third Thursday of every month at 1 p.m. ET. Registration is required.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/lunch-and-learn-finding-a-freelance-gem/
CATEGORIES:Freelancers,Lunch and Learn
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SUMMARY:The impact of data centers on the environment and health in rural areas
DESCRIPTION:As AI fuels data center construction across the country\, many headlines have already focused on the pervasive environmental impacts\, including air pollution\, water use\, noise\, energy demand and environmental justice intersections. The policy\, research and national discourse on this topic are moving quickly. How can journalists cut through the common frames to find fresh angles and untold stories? This webinar brings together panelists broaching this question from different angles\, including public health research\, community advocacy and investigative journalism.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator: Katie Burke\, senior contributing editor\, American Scientist\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\nKatie Burke\n\n\n\nSenior contributing editor\, American Scientist \n\n\n\nKatie L. Burke is an award-winning editor and serves as senior contributing editor at American Scientist. Burke has a doctorate in biology and a rich background in conservation\, forest history\, and disease ecology\, bringing a profound understanding of scientific nuances to her work. \n\n\n\nShe was previously AHCJ’s Health Beat Leader for Environmental Health. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNeha Gour\, Ph.D. candidate in science communication\, George Mason University\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNeha Gour\n\n\n\nPh.D. candidate in science communication\, George Mason UniversityAffiliated researcher\, Center for Climate Change Communication \n\n\n\nNeha Gour is a Ph.D. candidate in Science Communication at George Mason University and an affiliated researcher with the Center for Climate Change Communication. Her work examines the intersections of AI infrastructure\, climate change\, public health and public policy. Using quantitative methods\, she generates and evaluates empirical evidence to inform policy\, public communication and decision-making. Neha’s research has included collaborations with organizations such as The Nature Conservancy\, the Government of the City of Fairfax\, the World Health Organization\, UNESCO\, and Oxford Policy Management\, among others. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Cork\, Ph.D.\, founder and CEO\, EmPower Analytics Group\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Cork\, Ph.D.\n\n\n\nFounder and CEO\, EmPower Analytics Group \n\n\n\nDr. Michael Cork is an environmental health scientist and Founder & CEO of EmPower Analytics Group\, an independent scientific firm that quantifies the public health and economic impacts of energy infrastructure. His work combines atmospheric modeling\, epidemiology\, and health economics to evaluate how power generation associated with AI infrastructure\, data centers\, and other large industrial facilities affects surrounding communities.  \n\n\n\nHis analyses have informed permitting decisions\, supported environmental law organizations\, local governments\, and community organizations\, and have been featured by national media including The New York Times and Politico. Dr. Cork earned his PhD in Biostatistics from Harvard University\, where his research focused on the health effects of air pollution and statistical methods used to inform national air quality standards. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvan Simon\, investigative producer\, Floodlight News\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvan Simon\n\n\n\nInvestigative producer\, Floodlight News \n\n\n\nEvan Simon is an Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker known for groundbreaking environmental investigations into plastic recycling claims\, abandoned oil wells\, and the controversial power sources fueling the AI data center boom. Simon previously worked for the ABC News Investigative Unit and The Wall Street Journal. He is currently leading video and visual investigations at Floodlight\, a nonprofit collaborative newsroom dedicated to climate investigations\, where his multimedia reporting has been co-published by PBS\, The Guardian\, WIRED Magazine\, High Country News\, and Mother Jones\, among others. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReed Omary\, M.D.\, Physician\, writer and strategist\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Reed Omary\n\n\n\nProfessor\, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering\, Vanderbilt University Medical CenterFounder\, The Greenwell Project \n\n\n\nReed A. Omary\, MD\, MS\, is a physician\, writer\, speaker\, and nonprofit founder based in Nashville. He is Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and founder of Greenwell Project. A strong communicator of the future\, Dr. Omary speaks to healthcare and lay audiences across the world on planetary health\, sustainable healthcare\, and the health impacts of AI infrastructure.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/rural-health-2026-part-4-data-centers/
CATEGORIES:Environmental Health,Rural Health 2026,Workshops | Summits
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SUMMARY:'The Case for Rural America': A conversation with researcher and author J. Tom Mueller
DESCRIPTION:In his recent book\, “The Case for Rural America\,” rural sociologist and demographer J. Tom Mueller\, Ph.D.\, makes a case for why rural America is worth saving and what policymakers must do to preserve a way of life that many people prefer. One of the main solutions he proposes is directly related to healthcare in America. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator: Jared Ewy\, Radio host\, The Daily Yonder\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Ewy\n\n\n\nRadio host\, The Daily Yonder \n\n\n\nAfter an attempt to play college football disabused him of the notion that he was a battering ram\, Jared Ewy made the leap into radio. From the Four Corners\, he worked his way to Denver before taking on an opportunity to work with Bob Newhart and\, in turn\, launch a comedy career. Incredibly poor\, he would join a tech startup and help build it into a company on the Nasdaq. From there\, Ewy has focused on helping nonprofits like Ability Connection Colorado share the work they do\, as well as syndicate Yonder Radio\, a show that amplifies rural stories and is syndicated across the country. Ewy continues to tell stories on stage. He’s won Denver’s Moth Story Slam seven times and is currently the back-to-back Moth Grand Slam Champion. He lives in Colorado with his wife\, three kids and too many pets. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJ. Tom Mueller\, Ph.D.\, Director\, Kansas Center for Rural Health\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJ. Tom Mueller\, Ph.D.\n\n\n\nDirector\, Kansas Center for Rural HealthAssistant professor\, University of Kansas Medical Center Department of Population Health \n\n\n\nJ. Tom Mueller\, Ph.D.\, is an Assistant Professor of Population Health and Director of the Kansas Center for Rural Health at the University of Kansas Medical Center. As a rural sociologist and demographer\, he studies the geography of well-being and the environment in rural America. Dr. Mueller’s work focuses on three primary areas: health and well-being in rural America\, (2) environmental injustice and environmental health\, and (3) the measurement and tracking of poverty across space.Dr. Mueller has published his work in leading outlets such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; American Journal of Public Health; Nature Water; Nature Communications; Demography; and Rural Sociology\, among others. Dr. Mueller pursues and receives funding from a variety of sources including the National Institutes of Health\, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, and the National Science Foundation. \n\n\n\nDr. Mueller is the author of “The Case for Rural America“.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/rural-health-2026-part-5-case-for-rural-america/
CATEGORIES:Event,Rural Health 2026,Webinar,Workshops | Summits
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SUMMARY:AI in Health Care: Reporting What's Real | Fall Summit 2026
DESCRIPTION:AI in health care is moving fast — and journalists need both a strong grounding in the forces driving that change and a chance to see the technology in action. Over two days\, AHCJ’s 2026 fall summit\, AI in Health Care: Reporting What’s Real\, will bring together journalists\, researchers\, clinicians and other experts to examine what AI means for patients\, providers and the health care system.  \n\n\n\nTwo days\, two facets: Build the knowledge to report on AI with depth and confidence\, then get exclusive access at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles for a hands-on look at how AI is being put into practice at a major hospital system. \n\n\n\nJoin us Oct. 8-9 in Los Angeles for a two-day exploration of some of the most important topics related to the use of artificial intelligence in health care. We’ll discuss: \n\n\n\n\nAI 101: Gaining clarity when development is at blur speed.\n\n\n\nHello\, doc; meet my chatbot.\n\n\n\nAI\, diagnostics and prevention: Case studies.\n\n\n\nYou make the call: An AI decision-making exercise.\n\n\n\nAI in the health care Gold Rush: Promises\, pitfalls\, and who pays the price.\n\n\n\nWhere there’s smoke: AI in wildfire detection and other disasters.\n\n\n\nThe patient and the pill: How AI could change drug development.\n\n\n\nYou made the call. Now\, what shaped your decision?\n\n\n\nAI and the Health Care Workforce.\n\n\n\nAI\, the business of health care and the digital divide.\n\n\n\n\nAfter sessions end on Friday\, we’ll take a hands-on field trip to Cedars-Sinai\, where you’ll get a closer look at how AI tools are changing the delivery of health care in a hospital setting\, including in diagnostics and surgery. \n\n\n\nThis summit is possible with support from Cedars-Sinai and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. \n\n\n\nRegister here\n\nBook a discounted hotel room\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule At-a-Glance\n\n\n\nSubject to change. More details will be added soon. \n\n\n\n\nThursday\, Oct. 8\n\n\n\nBreakfast: 7 – 8 a.m.\n\n\n\nSessions: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. (including lunch)\n\n\n\nReception: 5 – 7 p.m.\n\n\n\nFriday\, Oct. 9\n\n\n\nBreakfast: 7 – 8 a.m.\n\n\n\nSessions: 8 – 10 a.m.\n\n\n\nField trip: 10 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. (including lunch plus travel to and from the hotel).
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/training-events/workshops-summits/2026-fall-summit-ai-in-health-care-reporting-whats-real/
CATEGORIES:Event,Workshops | Summits
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: How to promote your work
DESCRIPTION:You’ve been working hard on a special project\, and the story is coming out. How can you extend its reach—and make sure it gets some attention? We’ll talk about podcasts\, blogs\, social media\, and other platforms that you can use to find an audience. \n\n\n\nAHCJ hosts virtual Lunch and Learn sessions for our freelance members on the third Thursday of every month at 1 p.m. ET. Registration is required.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/lunch-and-learn-promotion/
CATEGORIES:Freelancers,Lunch and Learn
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