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SUMMARY:Webinar: Why our food supply still isn't safe from contamination
DESCRIPTION:Recorded at 12 p.m. ET Wednesday\, June 14 \nHealth hazards from tainted meat\, produce and other foods are an ongoing national problem\, underscored by last year’s unprecedented infant formula recall. Bill Marler\, food safety lawyer and publisher of Food Safety News\, will look at why it’s so hard to keep the food supply safe\, what the federal government should be doing about it and story ideas for national and local reporters — just in time for summer — that will keep the focus on ensuring the safety of the food we eat. \nView Bill Marler’s presentation \nWatch the recording \nBill Marler \nBara Vaida \nBill Marler is the founder of Marler Clark\, a law firm based in Seattle that specializes in representing victims of food-borne illness outbreaks. Marler has represented clients in some of the most high-profile food-borne illness cases in the United States\, including the 1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak\, the 2006 Dole spinach E. coli outbreak\, the 2011 Listeria outbreak linked to cantaloupes from Jensen Farms and the 2018 romaine E. coli outbreak. He founded Food Safety News in 2009 to keep the spotlight on food\, health and safety reporting\, as traditional news organizations were reducing and eliminating food safety coverage. Bill’s work has been profiled in the book “Poisoned” and in the Netflix documentary of the same name.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-why-our-food-supply-still-isnt-safe-from-contamination/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: How journalists can put ChatGPT to good use
DESCRIPTION:1 p.m. ET Friday\, July 14 \nThe artificial intelligence program ChatGPT has made headlines for its ability to create prose (and headlines)\, but how does it work? How are journalists using it? And what are the potential problems and ethical pitfalls? \nIn this webinar\, Alex Mahadevan\, director of the Poynter Institute’s MediaWise digital media literacy program\, will take ChatGPT for a spin\, discuss what he’s learned about the new technology and answer your questions. \nWatch the recording \nAlex Mahadevan \nKaren Blum \nAlex Mahadevan is the director of MediaWise at the Poynter Institute. Since 2019\, he’s taught digital media literacy to thousands of teenagers and older adults\, and trained journalists across the world in verification and digital tools for investigations. He also co-leads the Empowering Digital Diverse Digital Citizens Lab at Stanford University. Before getting into fact-checking and media literacy\, Alex launched content management systems\, newsletters and video series as a news innovation editor and data reporter in Florida.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-how-journalists-can-put-chatgpt-to-good-use/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Cancer news: Balancing fear\, hype and reality
DESCRIPTION:2 p.m. ET Wednesday\, July 19 \nThe most recent screening guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force are controversial and confusing. Journalists must report responsibly on the latest health recommendations while talking about cancer — a subject that is often emotionally charged — using the latest scientific evidence. \nAt this webinar\, experts will suggest approaches to putting the latest screening recommendations in context while eliminating hype and not creating false hope. \nWatch the recording \nMehra Golshan\, M.D. \nElaine Schattner\, M.D. \nLiz Seegert \nTara Haelle \nMehra Golshan\, M.D.\, is a cancer surgeon and a nationally and internationally recognized leader in breast cancer treatment and research. He serves as deputy chief medical officer for surgical services and as clinical director of the Center for Breast Cancer at Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center. He has led numerous Phase I\, II and III clinical trials and translational science innovations that have had an impact on treatment options and outcomes for women. Dr. Golshan is also a leading researcher in this field\, with over 150 peer-reviewed publications. \nElaine Schattner\, M.D.\, is a writer\, breast cancer survivor\, and physician. A graduate of Yale College and New York University School of Medicine\, she is a clinical associate professor at Weill Cornell Medicine in the division of hematology and medical oncology. She worked as an oncologist for 16 years before completing a master’s degree in journalism at Columbia University. Her articles have appeared in the New York Observer\, Huffington Post\, Pacific Standard\, Washington Post\, NPR\, and elsewhere. Her new book\, “From Whispers to Shouts: The Ways We Talk About Cancer” is published by Columbia University Press. \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-cancer-news-balancing-fear-hype-and-reality/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Covering high-risk lab accidents and the COVID-19 origins story
DESCRIPTION:2 p.m. ET Thursday\, July 20 \nWe may never know whether COVID-19 originated with a leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology or was the result of a natural spillover event from an unknown animal. What is known is that ongoing scientific research on high-risk pathogens in laboratories around the world could be vulnerable to a leak\, whether accidental or deliberate. \nAs investigative reporter Alison Young writes in “Pandora’s Gamble: Lab Leaks\, Pandemics\, and a World at Risk\,” the truth is “lab accidents happen with shocking frequency\, even in the world’s best-run labs.” That means journalists have a crucial role in holding the scientific community accountable. \nIn this webinar\, Young will talk about her book and provide context about what is known about what happened at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and about lab leaks more broadly. She will provide resources and tips for staying on top of this very timely issue\, which is being debated by law and policy makers\, scientists and the public. \nWatch the recording \nAlison Young. Photo by Lisa V. Damico \nBara Vaida \nAlison Young is an investigative reporter specializing in health\, environmental and consumer issues. Her work has included revealing safety lapses at biological research labs\, food manufacturers and nursing homes. She is a professor and program director for the University of Missouri School of Journalism’s Washington\, D.C. program and has reported for USA TODAY\, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution\, Knight Ridder’s Washington Bureau\, the Detroit Free Press\, The Arizona Republic and the Dallas Times Herald. Her reporting honors include three Gerald Loeb Awards\, three Scripps Howard Awards and a DuPont-Columbia Award. \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-covering-high-risk-lab-accidents-and-the-covid-19-origins-story/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Breaking into narrative journalism
DESCRIPTION:12 p.m. ET Monday\, July 24 \nGreat narrative journalism takes readers on a journey by telling stories with scenes and characters as well developed as those you would find in a good novel. It’s gratifying to write\, but the research\, reporting and pitching of the idea to an outlet take time and determination. In this webinar\, seasoned editors and reporters will offer tips for breaking into narrative journalism\, including knowing what editors want\, crafting pitches and figuring out whether the pay will be worth the effort. \nWatch the recording \nJane C. Hu \nBrady Huggett \nPamela Weintraub \nBarbara Mantel \nPamela Weintraub is the senior editor for science and psychology at Aeon and the co-editor in chief at OpenMind magazine. Previously\, Weintraub was senior editor\, features editor and executive editor at Discover Magazine\, where she assigned and edited long-form journalistic narratives and investigations that won numerous top journalistic awards and honors. \nBrady Huggett is the enterprise editor at Spectrum\, where he edits features and long-form projects. Before joining Spectrum\, he served as business editor at Nature Biotechnology and managing editor at the biotech daily news service BioWorld. Huggett has master’s degrees in journalism and in creative writing and has won prizes for his fiction and nonfiction writing. \nJane C. Hu is a freelance journalist based in Seattle. Her work appears in publications like Slate\, High Country News\, WIRED\, National Geographic\, Smithsonian\, Scientific American\, Outside\, and The Atlantic. She sits on the boards of the National Association of Science Writers and The Open Notebook.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-breaking-into-narrative-journalism/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Maintaining Patient Access to Care in Rural America
DESCRIPTION:The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials\, with support from the Health Resources and Services Administration\, is hosting a webinar to explore federal priorities related to rural healthcare access\, as well as highlight a successful model to ensure rural patients can access hospital services. \nThe webinar will focus on the implementation and successes of the AZ REACH program\, which serves as a patient transfer system that can be quickly mobilized during a variety of public health events. The webinar will also include discussion with the HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy and CDC Office of Rural Health. The webinar is public and open to all. \nWhen/where: Aug. 8\, 2–3 p.m. EST (virtual only) \nContact: Call The Assocation of State and Territorial Health Officials at: (202) 371-9090 \nFeatured Speakers: \n\nKristi Martinsen\, Director of the Hospital State Division\, Federal Office of Rural Health Policy\, HRSA\nDiane M. Hall\, Ph.D.\, M.S.Ed.\, Director\, Office of Rural Health\, CDC\nLisa Villarroel\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, Medical Director\, Division of Public Health Services\, Arizona Department of Health Services\nCharles Larsen\, Co-Founder\, Blackbox Healthcare Solutions\nErin Tams\, Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer\, Blackbox Healthcare Solutions\n\nClick here to register for the webinar \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-maintaining-patient-access-to-care-in-rural-america/
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SUMMARY:1 year later: Assessing the 988 mental health hotline
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, Aug. 17 at 1:30 p.m. ET  \nThe national 988 mental health crisis line was launched in July 2022 as an easier-to-remember alternative to the previous 10-digit hotline. The initiative\, modeled after 911\, is intended to reduce the incidence of suicide and the mental health crises that underlay suicidal ideation\, attempts and fatalities. It is distinct from 911 in that it specifically addresses suicide crises.From the start\, there have been questions about how well the hotline would function\, including whether it would result in distressed people being involuntarily committed to psychiatric hospital wards or put the caller at risk of trauma or tragedy by sending armed police untrained in mental health interventions. Panelists — including a behavioral health policy researcher and a population health management strategist — will address those questions and related aspects of this topic.  \nWatch the recording \nVincent Atchity \nHeather Saunders \nKatti Gray \n  \nVincent Atchity is president and CEO of Mental Health Colorado\, which\, in 2019\, absorbed The Equitas Project\, a national initiative to disentangle mental health and criminal justice that Atchity served as executive director. A population health management strategist\, Atchity has worked on care management\, cost control\, outcomes improvement\, workforce development\, data integration\, partnership network development and support\, project design\, education and fundraising. Atchity is a member of the Colorado Public Defender Commission\, the Governor’s Strategic Planning Task Force to Increase Behavioral Health Access\, the Denver District Attorney Advisory Council on Mental Health and the Colorado School of Public Health Behavioral Health Initiative Advisory Board. He has taught at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Fordham University in New York and was an assistant dean of the University of California\, Berkeley\, School of Public Health. \nHeather Saunders is a postdoctoral fellow in the Kaiser Family Foundation Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured. Her work focuses on behavioral health policy\, workforce adequacy and health care delivery for people with disabilities. Prior to joining KFF\, Saunders was a researcher for Virginia’s Medicaid program. Before that\, while employed as a social worker\, she worked with clients in hospitals\, schools and outpatient settings. She also managed randomized controlled trials in behavioral health care medical settings. Saunders earned a doctorate in health care policy and research from Virginia Commonwealth University. Her dissertation examined access to behavioral health services. \nKatti Gray is AHCJ’s health beat leader for behavioral and mental health. A former Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellow\, Gray is providing resources to help AHCJ members expand their coverage of mental health amid ongoing efforts to de-stigmatize mental illness and to place mental health care on par with all health care. She has covered\, among other topics\, mental health care in prisons and jails\, the debate over whether mental illnesses are being over-diagnosed and efforts to persuade persons of color to be less skeptical about seeking counseling and other mental health services. 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/1-year-later-assessing-the-988-mental-health-hotline/
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SUMMARY:Recorded: Pushing past resistance to better firearms violence reporting
DESCRIPTION:In the fall of 2022\, AHCJ held a summit in the Chicago suburbs that brought together researchers\, clinicians\, journalists and organizers to talk about how to change the “frame” of firearm violence reporting. The question was (and continues to be)\, how to apply a public health reporting approach to this problem. A movement toward ending “the crime brief” is gathering strength\, but slowly\, and there’s been pushback in newsrooms. \n\n\n\nThis webinar will explore how four journalists have tried to be part of the solution and the changes they’ve observed. They’ll share tips for managing managers\, taking small steps (and feeling okay about that) and the importance of working closely in the communities most affected by the violence. \n\n\n\nWatch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKaitlin Washburn is AHCJ’s core topic leader on firearm violence. She is also a reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times. She was a gun violence reporter for two years in Missouri for The Kansas City Star as a Report for America corps member. Before that\, Washburn was an agriculture reporter covering the omnipresent industry in California’s Central Valley for The Sun-Gazette\, also as a part of RFA.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbené Clayton is a reporter in the Guardian’s California office and is the lead reporter on the newspaper’s “Guns & Lies in America” series\, which launched in 2019 and focuses on the impacts of and solutions to community violence. She started covering gun violence in her hometown of Richmond\, California and is now based in Los Angeles where she covers the people who live where shootings and homicides happen most.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChristopher “Flood the Drummer” Norris is a two-time Emmy-nominated broadcast journalist and former managing editor for community and engagement at WHYY\, the Philadelphia NPR and PBS affiliate. He established the radio/TV station’s community engagement department and hosted Community Conversations\, a series of public affairs specials that tackled gun violence\, police reform\, voting rights\, reparations and more.  \n\n\n\nNorris serves as the strategic advisor to the CEO of StoryCorps\, a 20-year old national nonprofit organization that preserves and shares humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world. He also oversees StoryCorps’ One Small Step\, a national program that pairs strangers across the political divide for conversations about their lives\, in an effort to reduce toxic polarization and highlight a shared humanity. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSammy Caiola was most recently a gun violence prevention reporter at WHYY News in Philadelphia. In 2022 she was a professional mentor with the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting’s Credible Messenger Program\, and she currently serves as a senior fellow with the University of Southern California’s Domestic Violence Impact Fund. She was a 2023 Ochberg fellow with the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. She is the co-host of “Stop and Frisk: Revisit or Resist”\, a Murrow Award-winning podcast about policing and public safety\, and “After the Assault”\, a participatory journalism podcast about healing from sexual violence.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/getting-it-right-pushing-past-resistance-to-better-firearms-violence-reporting-2/
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SUMMARY:Reporting on addiction accurately and ethically
DESCRIPTION:The organization Reporting on Addiction began as a response to what its founders identified as misinformed\, harmful coverage of opioid use disorder and the people and communities affected by it. The organization now offers nationwide training of student and professional journalists. This webinar will pinpoint some of the errors reporters make most often and present the research-informed viewpoints of experts\, strategies and tips journalists can apply to solutions-based coverage of addiction treatment and related topics. The panel will also delve into how to incorporate into reporting the lived experience of people struggling with addiction. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKatti Gray is AHCJ’s health beat leader for behavioral and mental health and a former Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellow. Gray has covered\, among other topics\, mental health care in prisons and jails\, the debate over whether mental illnesses are being over-diagnosed and efforts to persuade people of color to be less skeptical about seeking counseling and other mental health services. Her work has been published by The Washington Post\, Salon\, Reuters\, among other publications. Her writings appear in\,” The Criminalization of Mental Illness” and “Narrative Matters: Writing to Change the Health Care System\,” among other books. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAshton Marra\, M.S.\, is co-founder and co-director of Reporting on Addiction\, which trains professional and student journalists in solutions-focused journalism aimed at reducing stigmas about drug use disorders that the news media also have perpetuated. She teaches news writing\, video storytelling and community-focused journalism at West Virginia University and is executive editor of 100 Days in Appalachia\, an award-winning national news site whose editors\, reporters\, photographers\, et al. are Appalachians. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJonathan J.K. Stoltman\, Ph.D.\, Opioid addiction and recovery researcher Jonathan J.K. Stoltman is co-founder and co-director of Reporting on Addiction and director of the Opioid Policy Institute. He earned a doctorate in lifespan developmental psychology from West Virginia University. His work has appeared in leading journals and media outlets and at national conferences. Currently\, his work focuses on reproductive/sexual health\, stigma/discrimination and digital approaches to addiction treatment.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/reporting-on-addiction-accurately-and-ethically/
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SUMMARY:The immigrant health beat: A practical and ethical guide
DESCRIPTION:All AHCJ event listings are in Eastern Standard Time. \n\n\n\nImmigrants\, who represent 14% of the U.S. population\, aren’t inherently less healthy than their native-born counterparts. But research shows their health declines the longer they live in this country. \n\n\n\nOne of the major reasons is that there are barriers to accessing care\, partly due to a lack of English language proficiency and health insurance. Noncitizen immigrants tend to work in low-wage jobs that don’t offer that benefit. \n\n\n\nThis AHCJ webinar will provide an overview of the state of immigrant health and ethical issues that journalists should be aware of when reporting on the health status of immigrants in the U.S. For instance\, foreign-born people from the same country may have different socioeconomic backgrounds and legal immigration statuses. Reporters who interview undocumented immigrants need to be conscientious about the legal consequences that their sources may face if they use their names or images in stories. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMargarita Martín-Hidalgo Birnbaum is AHCJ’s health beat leader for health equity and an independent journalist based in Dallas. Over the years\, her stories about health\, as well as crime and other topics she covered early in her career\, have appeared in WebMD\, American Heart Association News\, The Dallas Morning News\, The Miami Herald and Reuters. Fluent in English and Spanish\, Birnbaum is also an interpreter and translator. Her personal and professional experiences living and working in the U.S. and in several Central American countries have informed her reporting work in covering health disparity trends among racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStella M. Chávez covers immigration for KERA\, the NPR member station in Dallas. In 2019\, she broke a national story about a large-scale immigration raid on a technology repair company in Allen\, Texas. She also reported on the Uvalde school shooting and the mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart. Previously\, she covered education and produced several multi-part projects\, including “Generation One” about immigrant students in North Texas and The Race to Save Failing Schools about schools trying to meet state academic standards. \n\n\n\nBefore joining public radio\, Chávez spent nearly 13 years as a daily newspaper reporter for The Dallas Morning News\, The South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale\, Fla.\, and The Ledger in Lakeland\, Fla. \n\n\n\nShe’s received several national and state awards\, including a 2021 Investigative Reporters & Editors award for the collaborative series: “Hot Days: Heat’s Mounting Death Toll on Workers in the U.S.” In 2007\, she received the Livingston Award for Young Journalists in national reporting for “Yolanda’s Crossing\,” a seven-part series that reconstructs the journey of a young sexual abuse victim from a village in Oaxaca\, Mexico\, to Dallas. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdriana Menéndez is the social services manager at the Rural Women’s Health Project in Gainesville\, Fla. In that capacity\, she manages the day-to-day operations of Project Salud\, a referral line catering to the needs of the Spanish-speaking community. She has collaborated with health care providers\, legal experts\, and social service agencies to expand the network of available resources for callers. Menéndez is an advocate for language access for minorities\, emphasizing the importance of inclusivity and cultural sensitivity in service delivery. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDrishti Pillai\, Ph.D.\, is the director of immigrant health policy at KFF. In that capacity\, she oversees data and policy analysis about health care access trends and issues in that population\, with a focus on health equity.  \n\n\n\nBefore joining KFF\, Dr. Pillai was the research director at the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum and a faculty member at George Washington University\, where her research focused on public charge rules\, population differences in access to maternal and child health services\, and access to government programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).  \n\n\n\nDr. Pillai holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from The Ohio State University\, a Master of Public Health degree from Emory University and a Ph.D. in public policy from George Washington University. \n\n\n\nThe analyses that Dr. Pillai has published at KFF include: \n\n\n\n\nHealth and Health Care Experiences of Immigrants: The 2023 KFF/LA Times Survey of Immigrants\n\n\n\nHealth and Health Care in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region\n\n\n\nEmployment Among Immigrants and Implications for Health and Health Care
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2023/11/the-immigrant-health-beat-a-practical-and-ethical-guide/
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SUMMARY:Reckoning with the Bill Gates mythos
DESCRIPTION:A Q&A with investigative journalist Tim Schwab\n\n\n\n\n\nAll AHCJ event listings are in Eastern Standard Time. \n\n\n\nDoes Bill Gates get a free pass from journalists because many have so completely internalized the idea of him as “the good billionaire”? Or is Gates truly influencing news content through the grants he makes to news organizations?  \n\n\n\nMaybe it’s both. At least that’s the argument that investigative reporter Tim Schwab makes in his new book\, “The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning With the Myth of the Good Billionaire.”Schwab spent years reporting on billionaire Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation and has produced a counter-narrative about Gates’s activities around the world. This Q&A will examine how Gates funding influences journalism\, the challenges of critically reporting on foundation activities\, and the role of philanthropy in health care. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMary Chris Jaklevic is AHCJ’s health beat leader for patient safety based in Chicago. She’s an independent journalist who has covered health care finance\, clinical care and medical research for a variety of professional and consumer publications. Her interest in patient safety issues and the potential harms of medical interventions was honed by her experience as a contributor to HealthNewsReview.org\, a project that aimed to improve health care journalism by critiquing the accuracy and balance of media messages about medical treatments and tests. She’s a longtime AHCJ member and served on the board for two terms. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTim Schwab is an investigative journalist based in Washington\, D.C. His groundbreaking reporting on the Gates Foundation for The Nation\, Columbia Journalism Review\, and The British Medical Journal has been honored with an Izzy Award and a Deadline Club Award. “The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire” is his first book.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2023/12/bill-gates-mythos-webinar-tim-schwab/
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SUMMARY:Getting a grant or fellowship to support your project
DESCRIPTION:Breaking into narrative journalism part II\n\n\n\n\n\nAll AHCJ event listings are in Eastern Standard Time. \n\n\n\nIn the spring\, AHCJ held a webinar on breaking into narrative journalism featuring editors and a freelancer who offered tips on how to pitch your idea. In part II\, we’ll talk about how to get that project funded with grant or fellowship money. Representatives from organizations offering funding will talk about what makes an application stand out\, and a recipient of a prestigious fellowship will offer his advice. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBarbara Mantel is AHCJ’s health beat leader for freelancing. She’s an award-winning journalist who has written about subjects such as how to find and keep an accountability partner\, how to tap the rich resources at libraries and how to break into narrative journalism. Mantel began her journalism career as the economics reporter and then assistant managing editor of a business news program on ESPN television. She then moved to NPR as its economics and business correspondent and later served as the first senior editor\, senior producer and director of the public radio program “Science Friday.” Mantel’s byline has appeared in a wide range of media outlets\, including CQ Researcher\, AARP\, Undark\, Next Avenue\, Medical Economics\, Healthline\, NBCNews.com\, Today.com\, NPR and The New York Times. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJosh McGhee is an investigative reporter for MindSite News\, covering the intersection of criminal justice and mental health with an emphasis on public records and data reporting. McGhee is a 2023-2024 Carter Center’s Mental Health Journalism Fellow. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJacqueline Stenson is the manager of projects at the USC Center for Health Journalism. Stenson leads the Center’s outreach and recruitment for its Fellowships and other initiatives\, which offers reporting grants of between $2\,000 to $10\,000. Stenson has worked as a health reporter and editor with multiple media outlets\, and her freelance work has been published in the Los Angeles Times\, Reuters\, NBC News\, TODAY.com\, Health\, Self\, Shape and more. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEric Ferrero serves as Executive Director of the Fund for Investigative Journalism. Ferrero has worked closely with some of the nation’s leading investigative journalists to help them uncover high-impact stories\, including those published or broadcast by The New Yorker\, CBS News “60 Minutes\,” the Washington Post\, the New York Times and PBS “Frontline\,” as well as in regional and specialty outlets.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2023/12/getting-a-grant-or-fellowship-to-support-your-project/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240110T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240110T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061046
CREATED:20231212T172044Z
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SUMMARY:Covering long COVID\, the hidden epidemic
DESCRIPTION:All AHCJ events are listed in Eastern Time. \n\n\n\nUp to one in seven people in the U.S. have had long COVID\, according to one of the most recent estimates. But it’s still getting relatively little coverage\, not nearly capturing the scale of this debilitating condition for which no approved treatments exist.  \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you’ll hear from a rehabilitation physician who specializes in treating people with long COVID and a journalist who has been living with the condition. You’ll learn what you need to know about long COVID\, best practices in covering it and the importance of speaking with people who are dealing with it. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTara Haelle is AHCJ’s health beat leader for infectious diseases and medical studies. She’s an independent science/health journalist\, author\, speaker\, and photographer. Her work has appeared in the National Geographic\, Scientific American\, Texas Monthly\, Science News\, Medscape/WebMD\, The New York Times\, Wired\, and O Magazine\, among others. She specializes in public health and medical research\, particularly vaccines\, infectious disease\, maternal and pediatric health\, mental health\, healthcare disparities\, and misinformation. She also covers medical research conferences and edits Long COVID Connection on Medium. Haelle earned a master’s in photojournalism from the University of Texas at Austin\, and her images have appeared in Texas Monthly\, NPR\, the\, Chicago Sun-Times and elsewhere. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMonica Verduzco–Gutierrez\, M.D.\, is chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Long School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health San Antonio. She previously was a Medical Director of the Brain Injury and Stroke Program at a top three US News and World Report Best Hospital for Rehabilitation. Her area of clinical expertise is the care of patients with traumatic brain injury\, stroke rehabilitation\, and interventional spasticity management. Most recently\, she has developed a Post-COVID Recovery Clinic to help those who were diagnosed with COVID-19 and suffer from various physical\, cognitive\, and functional difficulties. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLygia Navarro is a freelance magazine\, audio and multi-media journalist and editor who is also living with long COVID. She has particular expertise covering Latin American and Latine/o/a/x stories across the United States\, and has also covered mental health\, the environment\, immigration\, human smuggling\, trauma\, the intersection of politics and the arts\, 2SLGBTQ+ communities\, food\, and music. Navarro is currently an editor at palabra\, the National Association for Hispanic Journalists’ outlet\, and a health reporting fellow at Journalism and Women Symposium.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/01/covering-long-covid-the-hidden-epidemic/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240124T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240124T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061046
CREATED:20240108T204458Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T210507Z
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SUMMARY:Coverage 101: Using the new state media guides to write big stories
DESCRIPTION:All AHCJ events are listed in Eastern Standard Time. \n\n\n\nThe United States has a patchwork system of health insurance coverage that leaves some people with great access to services and some with no coverage at all. It depends on a person’s birthplace\, age\, job\, income\, location\, and health status.To help journalists make sense of the confusion\, Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms — with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation — has created primers for how insurance works in each state plus a national overview that offers the big picture. You can find the guides and overview now on AHCJ’s website.In this webinar\, AHCJ Health Beat Leader Joe Burns\, who focuses on health policy and insurance\, will talk to Charles Ornstein of ProPublica and Sabrina Corlette\, J.D.\, who led the Georgetown project\, about the new tool and how to make the most of it in your reporting. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoseph Burns is AHCJ’s health beat leader on health policy and insurance. He’s an independent journalist based in Brewster\, Mass.\, who has covered health care\, health policy and the business of care since 1991. Burns has written for a variety of publications\, including The New York Times\, Fortune\, Hospitals & Health Networks\, and Medical Economics\, among others. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSabrina Corlette\, J.D.\, is a research professor\, founder\, and co-director of the Center on Health Insurance Reforms at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy.  There\, she directs research on health reform issues\, with a focus on state and federal regulation of private health insurance. She provides expertise and strategic advice to individuals and organizations on health insurance laws and programs and provides technical support through the publication of resource guides\, white papers\, issue briefs\, blog posts and fact sheets. She has testified numerous times before the U.S. Congress and is frequently quoted in the news media on emerging health care issues. She has published dozens of papers relating to the regulation of private health insurance and health insurance marketplaces. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCharles Ornstein is managing editor for local initiatives at ProPublica\, overseeing the nonprofit news organization’s regional offices and its Local Reporting Network. From 2008 to 2017\, he was a senior reporter covering health care and the pharmaceutical industry at ProPublica\, and then worked as a senior editor and deputy managing editor. Prior to joining ProPublica\, he was a member of the metro investigative projects team at the Los Angeles Times and a reporter at the Dallas Morning News. Ornstein is a past president of the Association of Health Care Journalists and an adjunct journalism professor at Columbia University. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/01/coverage-101-using-the-new-state-media-guides-to-write-big-stories/
CATEGORIES:Health Policy,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240207T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240207T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061046
CREATED:20240125T191406Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240207T195528Z
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SUMMARY:SHERF Informational Session
DESCRIPTION:Interested in applying for the National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowship? Join representatives from the Society of Environmental Journalists\, Association of Health Care Journalists\, and the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing to learn about this opportunity to gain reporting skills at the intersection of science\, health and environment.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/02/sherf-informational-session/
CATEGORIES:Event,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240209T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240209T124500
DTSTAMP:20260404T061046
CREATED:20240130T170141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240131T223123Z
UID:51075-1707478200-1707482700@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Reframing Firearm Violence: How journalists can use research in their reporting
DESCRIPTION:Firearm violence is largely covered in the media as a crime issue focused on individual shooting events. But experts assert that reframing firearm violence as a broader public health issue is crucial to finding policy and community solutions aimed at preventing deaths and injury from guns.  \n\n\n\nJoin AHCJ and the National Press Club Journalism Institute at 11:30 a.m. ET on Friday\, Feb. 9\, for a conversation among experts and journalists on where to find the best data and research on firearm and gun deaths for your reporting. \n\n\n\nIn this 75-minute webinar\, we’ll explore the gaps\, go-to resources\, and facts and myths about firearms and firearm ownership. Participants will also learn: \n\n\n\n\nThe differences among firearm violence\, such as what is a mass casualty event versus a mass shooting.\n\n\n\nWhere to find new research on firearm violence.\n\n\n\nHow news coverage of firearm violence impacts victims and frontline health workers.\n\n\n\nHow to move thinking of firearm violence as “the crime beat” to more nuanced coverage across beats.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKaitlin Washburn is AHCJ’s health beat leader for firearm violence and trauma and a reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times. She was a gun violence reporter for two years in Missouri for The Kansas City Star as a Report for America corps member. Previously\, Washburn was an agriculture reporter covering the omnipresent industry in California’s Central Valley for The Sun-Gazette\, also as a part of RFA. Previously\, Washburn had internships at the Morning Call in Pennsylvania\, the Center for Responsive Politics in Washington\, D.C. and The Oregonian in Portland. She spent three years as a researcher for Investigative Reporters and Editors\, based at The University of Missouri. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJessica Beard\, M.D.\, is a trauma surgeon at Temple University in Philadelphia\, PA\, a Stoneleigh Foundation Fellow\, and Director of Research for The Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting. Her research examines the perspectives of firearm-injured people on media reports of their injuries and seeks to define\, measure\, and support minimization of harmful reporting on community firearm violence. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbené Clayton is a reporter in the Guardian’s California office and is the lead reporter on the newspaper’s “Guns & Lies in America” series\, which launched in 2019 and focuses on the impacts of and solutions to community violence. She started covering gun violence in her hometown of Richmond\, California\, and is now based in Los Angeles where she covers the people who live where shootings and homicides happen most.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJennifer Mascia is a senior news writer and founding staffer at The Trace\, the only newsroom that exclusively covers gun violence\, which launched in 2015. She previously reported on gun violence for The New York Times\, where she began her career as a news assistant. She served as the lead writer for the Times’s annual Neediest Cases campaign\, which profiles New Yorkers in need\, and wrote and produced The Gun Report\, a daily tally of gun violence victims in America that ran for a year and a half after the Sandy Hook shooting. 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/reframing-firearm-violence-how-journalists-can-use-research-in-their-reporting/
CATEGORIES:Firearm Violence,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240216T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240216T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061046
CREATED:20240130T224303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240216T211313Z
UID:51119-1708088400-1708092000@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Gun violence reporting certification: What it is and why journalists should get it
DESCRIPTION:The movement in journalism for less episodic and more thoughtful\, trauma-informed gun violence coverage is growing\, as are opportunities for journalists to learn how to get it right. \n\n\n\nA recent example is a certification workshop held by the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting. The day-long training\, called the “Gun Violence Prevention Reporter Certification Workshop\,” explored best practices for reporting on firearm violence and prevention. Participants included 25 journalists and 15 community-based gun violence prevention experts. \n\n\n\nThe central idea is that reporting on gun violence as a public health issue can provide a better understanding of why violence happens and how to prevent it. This type of reporting is also about minimizing the harm done by sensationalized\, episodic violence coverage. \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, Jim MacMillan\, founder and director of The Initiative for Better Gun Violence Reporting\, and Alaina Bookman\, a violence prevention reporter for AL.com and a participant in the workshop\, talked about the main points of the workshop\, how certification aims to improve coverage of firearm violence prevention\, the benefits of offering a certification\, and what plans are in the works to offer the certification to more journalists. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKaitlin Washburn is AHCJ’s health beat leader for firearm violence and trauma and a reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times. She was a gun violence reporter for two years in Missouri for The Kansas City Star as a Report for America corps member. Previously\, Washburn was an agriculture reporter covering the omnipresent industry in California’s Central Valley for The Sun-Gazette\, also as a part of RFA. Previously\, Washburn had internships at the Morning Call in Pennsylvania\, the Center for Responsive Politics in Washington\, D.C. and The Oregonian in Portland. She spent three years as a researcher for Investigative Reporters and Editors\, based at The University of Missouri. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlaina Bookman was born and raised in Dallas and is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. She has experience working as a journalist for the Houston Defender and as an archivist at the University of Texas Black Diaspora Archives. Her role as a violence prevention reporter at AL.com is supported by Report for America\, a nonprofit that aids local newsrooms. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJim MacMillan is the founder and director of the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting and the assistant director of the Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting at Temple University. He has been a fellow at the Reynolds Journalism Institute\, the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma and the Knight-Wallace Fellows\, as well as a visiting assistant professor at the University of Missouri School of Journalism and Swarthmore College. Previously\, MacMillan spent 17 years at the Philadelphia Daily News and photographed the war in Iraq for The Associated Press\, after which he and his team were awarded The Pulitzer Prize.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/gun-violence-reporting-certification-what-it-is-and-why-journalists-should-get-it/
CATEGORIES:Firearm Violence,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240220T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240220T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061046
CREATED:20240201T231243Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T224156Z
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SUMMARY:Using the CDC's Environmental Justice and Social Vulnerability data in your reporting
DESCRIPTION:Environmental health is a deeply intersectional topic\, which opens up the possibility of using lots of different datasets in your reporting. In this webinar\, coordinators from the CDC’s Environmental Justice Index (EJI) and Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) will show you how to access and use data found in these portals. \n\n\n\nSocial vulnerability refers to the potential negative effects on communities caused by external stresses on human health. Environmental justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people\, regardless of race\, color\, national origin\, or income\, to develop\, implement\, and enforce environmental laws\, regulations\, and policies. These topics are deeply connected and when these indexes are used together\, they can help to include perspectives that have historically been marginalized. \n\n\n\nJoin us for this webinar to explore the data. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaul Gordon (he/him)\, AHCJ’s health beat leader for environmental health\, is a Chicago-based environmental journalist\, photographer and arborist. His work appears in The Nation\, Grist\, The New Lede\, Sierra Magazine\, Belt Magazine\, Civil Eats\, Clean Energy Wire and In These Times. Gordon graduated from DePaul university where he studied international relations and journalism. During summers in college\, he worked in conservation across the East Coast for US Fish and Wildlife and the National Park Service. After finishing school\, Gordon worked in conservation and field ecology for the National Audubon Society\, Forest Preserves of Cook County\, and Fermilab. After being awarded the Congress-Bundestag Exchange Fellowship\, he worked as a correspondent for Clean Energy Wire in Berlin and furthered his education in journalism at Freie Universität. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBen McKenzie\, M.S. (he/him)\, is a geospatial epidemiologist with the Geospatial Research\, Analysis\, and ServicesProgram (GRASP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ the Agency for Toxic Substance andDisease Registry. Since 2021\, he has served as the team lead for the Environmental Justice Index project in collaboration with the National Center for Environmental Health and the HHS Office of Environmental Justice. Mr. McKenzie is a committed advocate for the application of geospatial sciences to promote health and health equity. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElizabeth Pembleton\, M.P.H. (she/her)\, received her Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion and Behavior from the University of Georgia\, and her Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She has worked in various public health areas throughout her career\, including nutrition and exercise\, healthcare associated infections\, foodborne illnesses\, HIV\, COVID-19\, and most recently\, Social Vulnerability and geospatial science. Elizabeth joined GRASP in July 2020 as the Senior Project Coordinator for COVID-related projects and has since moved to lead the Social Vulnerability Index beginning in early 2022.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/02/using-the-cdcs-environmental-justice-and-social-vulnerability-data-in-your-reporting/
CATEGORIES:Environmental Health,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240221T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240221T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061046
CREATED:20240213T174858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T230635Z
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SUMMARY:Covering reproductive health: A closer look at issues affecting women of color
DESCRIPTION:The impact of abortion bans and the implications of challenges to the Affordable Care Act that aim to limit birth control coverage provide numerous opportunities for reporting. The same goes for stories about the effects of efforts to limit or outright ban the use of mifepristone\, a key drug that has been used in medication abortion for more than two decades. \n\n\n\nHowever\, proponents of reproductive health equity say that many journalists aren’t paying enough attention to — or are ignoring — how both current and possible restrictions will worsen the health of women of color of reproductive age\, particularly Black\, Hispanic and Indigenous women. As the implications of those restrictions become clearer\, those women — who collectively represent 36.5% women from the ages of 15 to 44 in the U.S. — may be even more likely than non-Hispanic white women to have unintended pregnancies or preterm births.Lupe M. Rodríguez\, the executive director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice\, and Lauren Sausser\, who writes about health care in the South as a member of KFF Health News’ Southern Bureau\, will join AHCJ Health Equity Beat Leader Margarita Birnbaum for this webinar.  \n\n\n\nWe’ll explore why — by some reproductive health measures — Black\, Hispanic\, Native American and Alaska Native women tend to be in poorer health than non-Hispanic white women. We’ll also delve into the role that abortion disinformation and misinformation play in contributing to reproductive health care outcomes in women of color. And we’ll talk about misconceptions about attitudes that women of color have about birth control and abortion. You’ll learn about efforts that aim to give women of color more access to reproductive health care services and encourage them to advocate for themselves. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMargarita Birnbaum is AHCJ’s health beat leader for health equity and an independent journalist based in Dallas. Over the years\, her stories about health\, as well as crime and other topics she covered early in her career\, have appeared in WebMD\, American Heart Association News\, The Dallas Morning News\, The Miami Herald and Reuters. Fluent in English and Spanish\, Birnbaum is also an interpreter and translator. Her personal and professional experiences living and working in the U.S. and in several Central American countries have informed her reporting work in covering health disparity trends among racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLupe M. Rodríguez is the executive director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice. Over the years\, she has worked as a social justice advocate in the U.S. and Mexico. A former vice president of public affairs at Planned Parenthood Mar Monte\, Rodríguez has an undergraduate degree in neurobiology from Harvard University. She serves on the Community Advisory Board for the Center for Clinical Research at Stanford and was chair of the Commission on the Status of Women in Santa Clara County and treasurer of the Board of Directors for California Latinas for Reproductive Justice. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLauren Sausser writes about health care in the South as a member of KFF Health News’ Southern Bureau. She is based in Charleston\, South Carolina\, where she previously spent nine years covering health care at The Post and Courier. A graduate of Clemson University and Columbia University\, she has received awards from the Association of Health Care Journalists\, the Society of Professional Journalists\, and other groups. In 2016\, she was part of a team of reporters who were named finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News. In 2017\, she was recognized as Reporter of the Year by the South Carolina Press Association.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/covering-reproductive-health-a-closer-look-at-issues-affecting-women-of-color/
CATEGORIES:Health Equity,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240228T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240228T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061046
CREATED:20240215T203107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T214007Z
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SUMMARY:Open wide: Covering the growing field of AI and dentistry
DESCRIPTION:Artificial intelligence has been making its way into dentistry. New AI software products have emerged that could enhance dentists’ ability to detect tooth decay\, cavities or bone loss and propose treatments before dental health worsens. The FDA already has approved eight such AI products\, with more to come\, and some large corporate dental chains have already begun using them.In this webinar\, we’ll go over how these products work\, their benefits and limitations\, what’s on the horizon\, and how to cover this growing field. Roya Zandparsa\, a dentist who lectures at Tufts and Harvard universities\, and Casey Ross\, national technology correspondent for STAT\, will discuss how the products work and are being incorporated into dental care\, what we might expect in the future\, and how to report on this trend. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKaren Blum is AHCJ’s health beat leader for health IT. She’s an independent health and science journalist based in the Baltimore area. She has written for publications such as the Baltimore Sun\, Pharmacy Practice News\, Clinical Oncology News\, Clinical Laboratory News\, Cancer Today\, CURE\, AARP.org\, General Surgery News and Infectious Disease Special Edition; covered numerous medical conferences for trade magazines and news services; and written many profiles and articles on medical and science research as well as trends in health care and health IT. She is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) and chairs its Virtual Education Committee; and a member of the National Association of Science Writers (NASW) and its freelance committee. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRoya Zandparsa\, D.D.S.\, M.Sc.\, D.M.D.\, F.I.C.D.\, is a clinical professor and biomaterials course director at the Department of Prosthodontics at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and a lecturer at the Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences at Harvard School of Dental Medicine. She also is vice president of innovation and development at Qualitas Dental Partners Organization\, the founder & CEO of Expert Dental Advisory\, the president-elect of the American Association of Women Dentists\, the past president of American Academy of Dental Science\, and a Fellow of the International College of Dentistry. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCasey Ross is a national technology correspondent at STAT. His reporting examines the use of artificial intelligence in medicine and its underlying questions of safety\, fairness\, and privacy. Before joining STAT in 2016\, he wrote for the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Boston Globe\, where he worked on the Spotlight Team in 2014 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/02/open-wide-covering-the-growing-field-of-ai-and-dentistry/
CATEGORIES:Health IT,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240305T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240305T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061046
CREATED:20240222T161035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240305T215837Z
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SUMMARY:Parsing the deadly problem of low vaccination rates in nursing homes
DESCRIPTION:Nearly four years into the pandemic\, vaccine uptake for COVID\, RSV and even influenza remain very low among nursing home residents and staff\, according to recent CDC MMWR data. Some 600 nursing home residents died from COVID in the first two weeks of January alone. Meanwhile\, flu cases remain high in parts of the U.S.\, and risk for RSV is still elevated among this vulnerable population. \n\n\n\nDespite widespread availability of both the COVID-19 booster and new adult RSV vaccine\, infection rates\, hospitalizations and deaths continued to climb over the winter months. On top of that\, COVID booster uptake by nursing home staff was only 23% at the end of 2023\, CDC data shows. Why haven’t more nursing home residents received the vaccine? And\, what\, if anything\, can nursing homes or states do to ensure their residents and staff are protected? \n\n\n\nAHCJ Health Beat Leader on Aging Liz Seegert will talk with a geriatrician/researcher and the executive director of an organization that advocates for aging people about what the data tell us\, the challenges of ensuring staff and residents receive the shots they need\, overcoming persistent misinformation about the COVID and RSV vaccines\, and the impact new federal staffing mandates may have on infection control and prevention. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLiz Seegert is AHCJ’s health beat leader on aging. She’s an award-winning\, independent health journalist based in New York’s Hudson Valley\, who writes about caregiving\, dementia\, access to care\, nursing homes and policy. Seegert is also a contributing writer for Fortune.com\, the American Journal of Nursing\, and PBS/NextAvenue.org\, reporting on myriad health topics\, including social determinants of health and women’s health. She has written for TIME Health\, The Wirecutter\, Money.com\, Medscape\, Consumer Reports\, The Guardian and Medical Economics\, as well as dozens of other trade and mainstream media. Her articles have been syndicated in Forbes.com\, the Los Angeles Times\, the Hartford Courant\, The Saturday Evening Post and other major outlets. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRichard Mollot is the executive director of the Long Term Care Community Coalition (LTCCC)\, a U.S.-based nonpartisan\, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving care for individuals in nursing homes and other residential care settings through legal and policy research\, advocacy\, and education. Richard has researched and published on a variety of long-term care issues\, including: dementia care; nursing home and assisted living standards; the rights of older adults in residential care; abuse\, neglect\, and crime in nursing homes; nursing home financing; and the imposition and use of penalties for substandard residential care. He is a graduate of Howard University School of Law and a member of the Maryland Bar. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAna Montoya\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, is a geriatrician and health care researcher at the University of Michigan\, and a clinical associate professor at the U-M Medical School. Her research focuses on improving the care of older adults by examining health system performance for this vulnerable population\, with a particular interest in health disparities\, delirium and dementia\, management of chronic medical problems and infection control in skilled nursing facilities. She received her medical degree from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Peru\, and her master’s in public health from the University of Michigan\, where she also completed her geriatric medicine fellowship. She is currently enrolled in the Master’s in Health and Health Care Research program at the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation. She is the medical director for the Sub-acute and Long-Term Care program at U-M\, which is a partnership between the U-M Geriatrics Center and local facilities offering rehabilitation and skilled nursing care. She is board-certified in Internal Medicine\, Geriatric Medicine\, and Hospice and Palliative Medicine\, and certified as a medical director by the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/03/parsing-the-deadly-problem-of-low-vaccination-rates-in-nursing-homes/
CATEGORIES:Aging,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240313T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240313T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061046
CREATED:20240222T180404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240313T193015Z
UID:51813-1710334800-1710338400@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Breaking into ghostwriting and collaborating on books
DESCRIPTION:Ghostwriting and collaborating on books are a lucrative income stream — and you don’t have to sacrifice your journalistic principles to do it. The market for these books has mushroomed because publishers are now looking for experts with giant platforms.  \n\n\n\nCollaborations in their various forms can be a financial and professional lifeline; busy ghostwriters and collaborators can make upwards of $100\,000 a year. In this webinar\, two writers and a literary agent will discuss this growing market\, how to get that first assignment as a ghostwriter or collaborator\, what to watch out for in contracts and how to effectively work with an expert. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBarbara Mantel is AHCJ’s health beat leader for freelancing and has written about subjects such as how to find and keep an accountability partner\, how to tap the rich resources at libraries and how to break into narrative journalism. Mantel\, an award-winning journalist\, began her journalism career as the economics reporter and then assistant managing editor of a business news program on ESPN television. She moved to NPR as its economics and business correspondent and later served as the first senior editor\, senior producer and director of the public radio program “Science Friday.” Mantel’s byline has appeared in a wide range of media outlets\, including CQ Researcher\, AARP\, Undark\, Next Avenue\, Medical Economics\, Healthline\, NBCNews.com\, Today.com\, NPR and The New York Times. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSusan K. Golant is a book collaborator\, co-author\, book doctor\, ghostwriter\, editor and/or writing coach. Golant has been writing nonfiction books alone and with others since 1982 and has more than 40 books to her credit. Her specialities include psychology\, health and medical breakthroughs\, spirituality and parenting\, among others. She has collaborated with or ghostwritten for M.D.s\, Ph.D.s and Rosalynn Carter. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMadeleine Morel is the head of 2M Communications\, an agency that represents more than 100 ghostwriters and collaborators\, matching them with experts\, celebrities and public figures who need help getting their ideas into print. Morel has provided writers for more than 60 New York Times bestsellers. Each writer specializes in an area such as health\, parenting\, memoir/autobiography\, science\, sports and more.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/03/breaking-into-ghostwriting-and-collaborating-on-books/
CATEGORIES:Freelancers,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240320T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240320T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061046
CREATED:20240305T145855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240320T215408Z
UID:52194-1710943200-1710946800@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Reimagining menopause: How reporters can reduce the stigma
DESCRIPTION:Half of the world’s population will experience menopause\, yet this time in life is fraught with mystery\, misconceptions\, and a lack of solid information. Although menopause treatment and knowledge can affect healthy aging\, primary care physicians and even many OB/GYNs don’t get the training or support they need to counsel patients and help them navigate what can be a challenging phase of life. \n\n\n\nJoin Liz Seegert\, AHCJ’s Health Beat Leader for Aging\, a certified menopause specialist\, and a journalist who reports frequently on this topic for some myth-busting and guidance on how to report on menopause with sensitivity. You’ll learn about the most useful research on this subject and where the gaps still exist. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLiz Seegert is AHCJ’s health beat leader on aging. She’s an award-winning\, independent health journalist based in New York’s Hudson Valley\, who writes about caregiving\, dementia\, access to care\, nursing homes and policy. Seegert is also a contributing writer for Fortune.com\, the American Journal of Nursing\, and PBS/NextAvenue.org\, reporting on myriad health topics\, including social determinants of health and women’s health. She has written for TIME Health\, The Wirecutter\, Money.com\, Medscape\, Consumer Reports\, The Guardian and Medical Economics\, as well as dozens of other trade and mainstream media. Her articles have been syndicated in Forbes.com\, the Los Angeles Times\, the Hartford Courant\, The Saturday Evening Post and other major outlets. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRebecca Levy-Gantt\, M.D.\, is a board-certified ObGyn and a certified menopause practitioner. Levy-Gantt has been practicing for the last 15 years in Napa\, California\, and practiced before that for 11 years on Long Island. She focuses on menopause management\, including hormones and alternative management strategies\, as well as vaginal and vulvar pain syndromes. She also teaches at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine\, and writes frequently on menopause issues. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeryl Davids Landau is a longtime independent journalist specializing in health. Her work on menopause has appeared in National Geographic\, Good Housekeeping\, Prevention\, Everyday Health and other publications. She’s also the author of the award-winning mindfulness women’s novel\, Warrior Won.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/03/reimagining-menopause-how-reporters-can-reduce-the-stigma/
CATEGORIES:Aging,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240327T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240327T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061046
CREATED:20240206T165820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240327T210234Z
UID:51456-1711544400-1711548000@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Follow the Money: Using HospitalFinances.org and other tools to tell important stories
DESCRIPTION:This webinar is the first in a four-part series produced by AHCJ and Investigative Reporters and Editors that will equip you with the tools you need to tell the story of the big business of health care. Longtime AHCJ member Karl Stark\, Director of Content Strategy & Editor in Residence at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania\, will show you how to use AHCJ’s hospitalfinances.org site and other tools to report stories about hospitals’ financial health.  \n\n\n\nThe series is free for all journalists\, thanks to the generous support of the NIHCM Foundation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKarl Stark is the Director of Content Strategy & Editor in Residence at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania\, where he focuses on encouraging LDI Fellows to write for the public. Before joining LDI\, he worked for more than three decades at the Philadelphia Inquirer\, where he served as Health Editor\, Business News Editor and National/Foreign Editor\, among other positions. His reporting on the bankrupt Allegheny health system helped lead to indictments of the top three executives. He also served as President of the Association of Health Care Journalists\, the nation’s leading group of health reporters and editors. He is a co-author of AHCJ’s “Covering the Quality of Health Care – A Resource Guide for Journalists” and leads a session on covering hospital finances at AHCJ’s annual meeting. He is a graduate of Yale University where he played varsity tennis. He also has distant memories of skating competitively with his sister Julie.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/03/follow-the-money-using-hospitalfinances-org-and-other-tools-to-tell-important-stories/
CATEGORIES:Health Equity,Health Policy,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240521T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240521T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061046
CREATED:20240422T212837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240521T204931Z
UID:53440-1716296400-1716300000@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Follow the Money: Uncovering insurers’ confidential clauses that hit patients in the pocketbook
DESCRIPTION:New York Times investigative reporter Chris Hamby and STAT reporter Bob Herman\, who covers the business of health care\, will be featured in a May 21 webinar on how journalists can report on the hidden and lucrative alliances health insurers have with cost-containment companies\, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and employee benefits consultants. The webinar is the second in a collaboration between The Association of Health Care Journalists and Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) and is being offered as part of the organizations’ “Follow the Money” series\, with financial support from NIHCM.  \n\n\n\nIn April\, Hamby reported that MultiPlan\, a company in New York City that helps health insurers keep costs down\, and its health insurer clients have a large and mostly hidden financial incentive to cut payments for policyholders’ claims as much as possible. The result can be patients paying more than they would otherwise.  \n\n\n\nAfter doing a year-long investigation\, Herman reported last year on a largely hidden flow of money among employee benefit consulting companies\, PBMs and health insurers. Those funds went from PBMs and health insurers to the benefit consulting companies\, driving up health care and prescription drug spending for employers\, workers and their families\, Herman wrote.  \n\n\n\nDuring this webinar\, hosted by AHCJ health policy beat leader Joe Burns\, Hamby and Herman will discuss the tools and outline the tips and strategies they used to uncover these hidden agreements and how all health care journalists can report on this important story. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoseph Burns is AHCJ’s health beat leader on health policy and insurance. He’s an independent journalist based in Brewster\, Mass.\, who has covered health care\, health policy and the business of care since 1991. Burns has written for a variety of publications\, including The New York Times\, Fortune\, Hospitals & Health Networks\, and Medical Economics\, among others. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChris Hamby is an investigative reporter at The New York Times. While working at the Center For Public Integrity\, Hamby won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for his series of stories on coal miners and was later awarded the Lukas Prize to develop his reporting into a book. He was also a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for his work on multinational corporations and their violations of domestic regulations and environmental law. He lives in Washington\, D.C. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBob Herman is a business of health care reporter at STAT. He covers hospitals\, health insurance\, and other corners of the industry — with a goal of explaining and shining light on the massive amount of money flowing through the system. Prior to joining STAT in 2022\, he covered the health care industry at Axios for more than five years. He also previously was an editor and reporter covering health insurance and hospitals at Modern Healthcare. Bob and his family are based in Indiana\, so naturally he has a deep love for all things basketball.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/05/follow-the-money-uncovering-insurers-confidential-clauses-that-hit-patients-in-the-pocketbook/
CATEGORIES:Health Policy,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240716T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240716T143000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061046
CREATED:20240530T212205Z
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UID:54141-1721136600-1721140200@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:How to amp up your reporting using LexisNexis tools
DESCRIPTION:Top-tier research doesn’t begin and end with a quick check on Google. The best in our business comb the LexisNexis news archives for information and tap its massive database to find potential sources and reach them by phone or email. \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you’ll learn how award-winning journalists conduct deep-dive backgrounding on people and subjects\, how they get names and numbers from LexisNexis’ list of 800 million profiles\, and how they use paywalled content and trade journal expertise to generate story ideas and fresh angles. \n\n\n\nMany public libraries offer a limited version of LexisNexis\, and some news publications make it available to writers. Fortunately\, AHCJ members get discounted access to this robust tool. \n\n\n\nHowever\, you don’t have to be a LexisNexis subscriber to attend or benefit from this webinar. Our expert panelist will share his screen and walk you through this trove of source material. If you are a LexisNexis subscriber\, you can follow along on your own computer. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBarbara Mantel is AHCJ’s health beat leader for freelancing and has written about subjects such as how to find and keep an accountability partner\, how to tap the rich resources at libraries and how to break into narrative journalism. Mantel\, an award-winning journalist\, began her journalism career as the economics reporter and then assistant managing editor of a business news program on ESPN television. She moved to NPR as its economics and business correspondent and later served as the first senior editor\, senior producer and director of the public radio program “Science Friday.” Mantel’s byline has appeared in a wide range of media outlets\, including CQ Researcher\, AARP\, Undark\, Next Avenue\, Medical Economics\, Healthline\, NBCNews.com\, Today.com\, NPR and The New York Times. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrad Hamilton runs an award-winning digital newsroom\, The Hatch Institute\, which commissions long-form enterprise pieces and publishes them with big media partners. The institute also mentors and supports other journalists.Hamilton has been a reporter and editor\, primarily in investigative work\, for 40 years\, during which he created and led the New York Post’s first investigations unit and broke numerous front-page exclusives. His work has appeared in The New York Times\, ABC News\, the Los Angeles Times\, Harper’s\, the Guardian\, Playboy\, the Village Voice and other outlets. \n\n\n\nIn addition\, he heads the Institute for Storycraft and Information Gathering\, a nonprofit foundation that provides writing and reporting guidance for campus journalists and other college students.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/how-to-amp-up-your-reporting-using-lexisnexis-tools/
CATEGORIES:Freelancers,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240731T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240731T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061046
CREATED:20240730T165923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240730T165927Z
UID:55675-1722430800-1722434400@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Tracking medical debt\, a major cause of personal bankruptcy
DESCRIPTION:Medical debt is a significant issue for well over half of Americans\, according to the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau. It may be the leading cause of personal bankruptcy. In this workshop\, we’ll discuss sources\, strategies\, and best practices for reporting on medical debt.  \n\n\n\nThis webinar is part of a series produced by AHCJ and Investigative Reporters & Editors that will equip you with the tools you need to tell the story of the big business of health care. The series is free for all journalists\, thanks to the generous support of the NIHCM Foundation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnissa Durham is the health data reporter at Word In Black\, where she reports on health care inequities and mental health in the Black community. Prior to working at Word In Black\, she was a general assignment reporter at inewsource and has written for The San Diego Union Tribune\, PBS SoCal\, The Objective\, and Voice of San Diego. Anissa has a bachelor’s degree from National University. In 2024\, she produced Life or Debt\, a 3-part drug price series which explores the ways Black American’s living with chronic disease are forced to manage an expensive health care system. And in 2023\, she produced the reporting series Lost Innocence: The Adultification of Black Children as a fellow with the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism and Fact or Fiction: Navigating Health Misinformation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNoam N. Levey is a Washington\, D.C.\,-based senior correspondent for KFF Health News\, where he is currently producing “Diagnosis: Debt\,” a multi-part project on medical debt in the U.S. in collaboration with NPR and CBS News. Noam joined KFF Health News in 2021 after 17 years at the Los Angeles Times\, the last 12 as the paper’s national healthcare reporter based in Washington. He has reported on healthcare issues from more than three dozen states and four continents and won numerous honors\, including a Loeb award and two NIHCM awards\, one in 2020 for his series “Inside America’s High-Deductible Revolution” and one in 2023 for “Diagnosis: Debt.” Noam has also been published in Health Affairs\, JAMA and Milbank Quarterly. He started his career at newspapers in Duluth\, Minn.\, Montgomery\, Ala.\, and the United Arab Emirates. Prior to the LA Times\, Noam was an investigative reporter for the San Jose Mercury News. Noam has a degree in History and Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/tracking-medical-debt-a-major-cause-of-personal-bankruptcy/
CATEGORIES:Health Policy,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240827T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240827T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061046
CREATED:20240709T165209Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240828T201003Z
UID:54869-1724763600-1724767200@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:How rising health care prices are harming employers and families
DESCRIPTION:Over the past 10 years\, workers’ wages have risen 54% while health care prices have gone up 230% in the U.S. That huge discrepancy means that what consumers spent on health care 10 years ago represented 17% of total compensation compared to 37% now. \n\n\n\nJoin AHCJ Health Beat Leader for Health Policy and Insurance Joe Burns as he talks to Cora Opsahl\, director of the health fund for the Building Service 32BJ labor union in New York City; and Gloria Sachdev\, PharmD\, president and CEO of the Employers’ Forum of Indiana\, about the rising spiral of health care spending and the impact it’s having on employers and families. \n\n\n\nBoth have led fights on behalf of employers over hospital prices. Both see their efforts as part of a growing trend of employers fighting back against rising health care spending\, which leaves businesses with less money for raises and families less money in the bank. \n\n\n\nLearn how to find federal health spending data and real life stories that will help bring this issue alive for your readers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoseph Burns is AHCJ’s health beat leader on health policy and insurance. He’s an independent journalist based in Brewster\, Mass.\, who has covered health care\, health policy and the business of care since 1991. Burns has written for a variety of publications\, including The New York Times\, Fortune\, Hospitals & Health Networks\, and Medical Economics\, among others. Early in his journalism career\, Burns worked as a reporter in Connecticut\, first for The Wallingford Post (a weekly)\, and then The Meriden Record-Journal (a daily)\, and later for The Hartford Courant (the largest daily newspaper in the state and the nation’s oldest newspaper). For The Courant\, he was a reporter\, copy editor and regional news editor. During this time\, he also taught news writing at the University of Connecticut. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCora Opsahl is director of the 32BJ Health Fund\, a self-funded plan that provides affordable\, comprehensive and innovative health coverage to 200\,000 union members and their families. Opsahl has led the implementation of multiple benefit changes: removing the New York-Presbyterian hospital system and physicians from the network; transitioning to a new pharmacy vendor and pharmacy group purchasing coalition; and implementing an expanded Centers of Excellence program administered by Mount Sinai Health System. These efforts saved over $35 million in 2022. Prior to joining the 32BJ Health Fund\, Opsahl spent 12 years with Express Scripts\, a pharmacy benefit manager\, where she held a variety of roles\, including in Medicare Part D\, strategy and acquisitions\, operations\, and account management. She holds an MBA from Saint Louis University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGloria Sachdev\, PharmD\, is the president and CEO of the Employers’ Forum of Indiana\, a nonprofit employer-led multi-stakeholder health care coalition. Founded in 2001\, the forum aims to align payment with the value of services provided to employers and patients by focusing on hospital prices and quality\, value-based health benefit and payment and on health policy. Sachdev also is an adjunct associate professor at Purdue College of Pharmacy. She received her Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the University of Oklahoma and completed a primary residency at the VA in Madison\, Wisc. Also\, she has practiced in primary care physicians’ offices managing patients with chronic diseases and founded a consulting company aimed at integrating clinical pharmacists into team-based health care settings.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/08/how-rising-health-care-prices-are-harming-employers-and-families-2/
CATEGORIES:Health Policy,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240913T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240913T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061046
CREATED:20240903T171601Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T211447Z
UID:56301-1726236000-1726239600@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:AHCJ Fellowship Informational Session
DESCRIPTION:Interested in applying for the U.S. Health System Reporting Fellowship\, the International Health Study Fellowship or both? Join the Association of Health Care Journalists and program alumni to learn about these opportunities to advance the craft of health journalism and encourage nuanced\, informed reporting that can drive meaningful change in health care systems worldwide.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/watch-the-ahcj-fellowship-informational-session/
CATEGORIES:Event,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240924T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240924T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061046
CREATED:20240909T165350Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240924T210625Z
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SUMMARY:Hospital mergers and health care price increases: A primer for reporters
DESCRIPTION:Hospital mergers — market consolidation — can lead to health care price increases of anywhere from 3% to 65%\, according to a 2022 RAND Corporation review. The FTC’s director of the Bureau of Economics has said hospitals that merge may charge 40% to 50% more than if they hadn’t merged. \n\n\n\nMergers can also result in layoffs and lower tax revenues and have a negative impact on patient care by reducing access to some health care services. With so much research confirming negative effects and as health care prices continue to rise\, what — if anything — can be done to slow market consolidation and/or reduce the harms to patients and local economies? \n\n\n\nJoin New York Times reporter Reed Abelson; health care cost economist Zachary K. Goldman\, Oregon Health Authority; and executive editor of The Source on Healthcare Price and Competition Katie Gudiksen\, University of California San Francisco\, as they explore those questions and talk about what some states\, like Oregon\, have done to try to control cost growth. \n\n\n\nThis series builds on a recent webinar series produced by AHCJ and Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) on the business of health care called “Follow the Money.” Once journalists are trained on how to “follow the money” of health care\, the Peterson-Milbank-supported webinar series will dive into cost drivers and look at solutions. Journalists will learn about ways that states\, employers and other stakeholders can promote affordable health care and will be able to tell these stories in the context of their state and local communities. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\nReed Abelson\n\n\n\nReporter\, New York TimesReed Abelson is fascinated by the changing landscape of American medicine as more doctors and nurses work for hospitals and corporations\, and large health conglomerates account for a greater share of the care we get. Abelson also covers the business of health insurance and how it has changed since the debut of the Affordable Care Act and the increasing privatization of government programs like Medicare and Medicaid. Abelson aims to be endlessly curious about how the health care system works — and doesn’t — in the United States. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZachary Goldman\n\n\n\nHealth care cost economist\, Oregon Health AuthorityZachary Goldman is the health care cost economist at the Oregon Health Authority\, where he has worked for 8 years. He currently focuses on Oregon’s Health Care Market Oversight Program and the Sustainable Health Care Cost Growth Target Program. Prior to joining the Oregon Health Authority\, he was a senior policy specialist at Covered California\, the state-based health insurance marketplace. He also worked for a federally qualified health center as a project manager and later as the clinic administrator.  Zachary earned his Bachelor of Arts degrees from Brandeis University and a Master of Public Policy degree from the University of California\, Berkeley. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKatie Gudiksen\, Ph.D.\n\n\n\nExecutive editor\, The Source on Healthcare Price and CompetitionKatie Gudiksen\, Ph.D.\, is the executive editor for The Source on Healthcare Price and Competition. Dr. Gudiksen is an expert in health care reform and the drivers of health care costs\, with a special interest in market consolidation and state policies to address market power. She has helped draft model legislation to improve state merger review processes and to prohibit anticompetitive terms in contracts between insurers and health systems.  \n\n\n\nHer current work focuses on evaluating the options states have to restrict excessive provider prices\, including cost-growth benchmarks and state public options. Her work has been published in Health Affairs\, Frontiers in Health Services\, the Harvard Journal on Legislation\, and the New England Journal of Medicine\, and covered by media outlet such as the Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal.  \n\n\n\nShe has successfully worked with various state policymakers and stakeholders by commenting on bill language\, presenting to various state agencies and officials\, testifying as expert witness at state legislative hearings\, and participating in briefings and informational sessions in California\, Nevada\, Connecticut and Oregon. 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/09/hospital-mergers-and-health-care-price-increases-a-primer-for-reporters/
CATEGORIES:Health Policy,Webinar
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