HJ25 Coverage
- May 29 – June 1, 2025
Scroll down for a recap of what happened at Health Journalism 2025.
View winners of the 2024 Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism.

Former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra speaks to journalists at HJ25 in L.A. next to moderator Joanne Kenen, journalist-in-residence at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Photo by Zachary Linhares

STAT Managing Editor and AHCJ Board Vice President Gideon Gil moderates a Q&A with CMS Deputy Administrator and Chief of Staff Stephanie Carlton at HJ25 in Los Angeles. Photo by Zachary Linhares

PitchFest 2025. Photo by Zachary Linhares

An editor listens to a pitch at PitchFest. Photo by Zachary Linhares

Berenice Nuñez Constant with AltaMed Health Services speaks during Friday’s plenary at HJ25. Photo by Zachary Linhares

HJ25 attendees gather for a reception after sessions finish on Friday. Photo by Zachary Linhares

HJ25 attendees got to pet therapy dogs courtesy of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Photo by Zachary Linhares

HJ25 attendees during Saturday’s luncheon. Photo by Zachary Linhares

HJ25 attendees participate in a therapeutic drum circle developed for staff of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Photo by Zachary Linhares

HJ25 attendees during the City of Hope field trip. Photo by Zachary Linhares










- Solving homelessness: What will it take?
- Writing tips you’ll use every day
- Workshop: Reporting on hospital prices to empower consumers and readers
- How to report accurately and compassionately on addiction
- The story of the fires: A portrait of smaller journalism in a huge disaster
- Reporting in the field: How to make travel work as a freelancer
- Straight talk from editors: What freelancers need to know
- ‘What We’ve Become:’ A new way of framing America’s gun violence epidemic
- Stem cell research in space: A new frontier
- How hospital mergers harm local communities
- Kids, teens and screens
- The family-centered treatment approach to substance use disorder and mental health
- Congress finally funded gun violence research. Could it all go away again?
- The truth behind Alzheimer’s research, funding and oversight
- Health goes Hollywood: How the entertainment industry is promoting accurate storytelling
- Penetrating health insurers and revealing their business practices
- Documentary spotlight: Telling the story of racism in health care
- The future of ambulance care in the U.S. and what it means for your community
- Covering long COVID as an accountability story: Story ideas and reporting tips from experts
- As federal funding disappears, what happens to public health at the local level?
- Who will deliver the babies? The gaping holes in U.S. pregnancy and delivery care
- Beyond bans: Barriers to health care access for transgender people
- Beyond the hype: A journalist’s guide to decoding AI in clinical care
- Stigma-proofing coverage of homelessness and addiction
- 5 tips for taking better photos
- Finding true efficiencies in the U.S. health care system
- Dig into hospital finances with confidence, plus six documents that will inspire stories
- How to get a company’s perspective when no one will talk to you
- How to turbocharge your freelance career
- Bulletproofing your investigation
- Will liquid biopsies transform cancer care?
- Hospitals in jeopardy: Reporting on local, systemic hospital failures
- What’s on the ‘Vajenda?’
- Documenting the undocumented: How to report responsibly on the health of a targeted community
- Can public health ever get its groove back? A soul-searching moment for an embattled public utility
- People-powered policy: How ballot measures are shaping health policy
- Autism in the Hispanic population: A case study in adding diversity to clinical trials
- Lauren Merz: Untangling race and genetic ancestry
- Reducing homelessness through Medicaid programs
- Reporting on medical studies and the crucial role DEI plays in health research
- No acceptable level: Stopping lead exposures
- Elevating women’s health research and its funding
