Advertise with AHCJ

Advertising opportunities

HealthBeat (newsletter)
Job postings (Web)
Training opportunities, fellowships and grants (Web)
Awards and contests (Web)
Mailing Labels
Conference and workshop programs

Why advertise with AHCJ?

As you know, the news media can place health issues on the public’s agenda and catalyze action at the local, state and national levels. Indeed, the ubiquitous nature of the news media makes it a powerful tool for directing attention to specific issues. What’s more important: the media attract the attention of specific opinion leaders, including politicians, government regulators, community leaders and corporate executives, among others.

Reach your target market – more than 1,000 journalists who cover medical research, the business of health care, health policy and consumer issues for the news industry’s top outlets. And, our membership is growing every day! Spread your reach to all forms of the news media – newspapers, television and radio stations, consumer newsletters and magazines, online publications, trade publications and books. We have the best and most up-to-date list of journalists on this beat.
Demonstrate your willingness to help journalists get the story right. Your ad can provide visibility for your organization, a policy position or your availability as a resource for journalists on this beat.
Improve journalists’ understanding of key issues. One survey of newspaper reporters in five Midwestern states showed that nearly 85 percent said they had no specific training for reporting on health and health care. Your ad can point to resources that will help journalists to better understand critical and complex health issues.
Gain credibility and influence with journalists. Associate with a highly respected organization and the only one of its kind for journalists on this beat. Unlike the American Medical Writers Association, AHCJ has no members in public relations. Unlike the National Association of Science Writers, AHCJ has members focused only on health and health care, not the physical sciences.
Take advantage of the bargain rates. At our low, low ad rates, your organization will get a lot of bang for its buck. You’ll reach the reporters and editors who are most likely to cover issues of interest to you.

To place an ad, call Christy Stretz at 573-884-5606 or email her at christy@healthjournalism.org. You can also fax an advertising contract (PDF) to 573-884-5609 or mail it to the address on the contract.

HealthBeat

The Association of Health Care Journalists, Inc. produces HealthBeat, a quarterly newsletter that features articles designed to improve the quality, accuracy and visibility of health care reporting and to inform members about industry trends and current emerging issues in health care.

See this year's advertising rates for HealthBeat. To place an ad, call Christy Stretz at 573-884-5606 or email her at christy@healthjournalism.org. You can also fax an advertising contract (PDF) to 573-884-5609 or mail it to the address on the contract.

Job postings

HealthJournalism.org is the Web home to more than 1,000 professional members of the Association of Health Care Journalists, and the site is visited by hundreds of other journalists with an interest in health care journalism. If you have a job requiring highly skilled journalists who specialize in public health, consumer medicine, health care policy, medical research or other areas of health journalism, this is the best spot for your posting.

Benefits:

10-week listing on our job page
Link to your own site to further detail your job or organization
No limit on the length of your ad
Low, one-time $100 fee per job listed
Upgrade your listing to get a one-time mention and link from our weekly e-newsletter for just $50 more. The e-newsletter has more than 1,300 subscribers.

Send us your job posting now.

Training opportunities, fellowships, scholarships and grants

Journalists specializing in health care are continually looking for ways to improve their understanding of the issues, the science, the policies. They seek professional training and opportunities to focus on key topics of interest. If you have a fellowship opportunity, training events or grants available to individual journalists, take advantage of our reach.

Benefits:

10-week listing on our Career Development page
Link to your own site to further detail your training opportunity
No limit on length of your ad
Low, one-time $75 fee per listing
Upgrade your listing to get a one-time mention and link from our weekly e-newsletter for just $25 more. The e-newsletter has more than 1,300 subscribers.

Send us your posting now.

Awards and contests

AHCJ accepts postings for award programs with noncommercial sponsors. To share your information with our membership, post with us in the months leading up to your deadline.

Benefits:

10-week listing on our Career Development Awards page
Link to your own site to further detail your awards
No limit on length of your ad
Low, one-time $50 fee per listing
Upgrade your listing to get a one-time mention and link from our weekly e-newsletter for just $25 more. The e-newsletter has more than 1,300 subscribers.

Send us your posting now.

Mailing labels

AHCJ rents member mailing labels a limited number of times each year to nonprofit organizations that meet our fundraising guidelines. Mailing labels can be helpful to an organization that has ready-made brochures with too much information to fit into a newsletter advertisement. AHCJ must see the proposed mailing before it can be approved. Each payment allows one-time use of these addresses. They can not be resold, shared or entered into a database. AHCJ does not share e-mail addresses or phone numbers of members.

Entire list is $750. Ask about more-defined lists.

Conference and workshop programs

Reach health journalists through a professionally designed program distributed to everyone who attends our events.

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Upgrade your ad and we'll include a link in our weekly e-newsletter that takes readers to a copy of your display ad on our Web site. The e-newsletter has more than 1,300 subscribers.
Discounts are available for exhibitors

To place an ad, contact Ev Ruch-Graham at 573-884-8103 or ev@healthjournalism.org . You can also fax an advertising contract (PDF) to 573-884-5609 or mail it to the address on the contract.