NewsPro issue on AHCJ, health journalism (#ahcj2010)
Filed under: Health journalism, Hot Health Headline
NewsPro has once again turned the spotlight toward health journalism and AHCJ, just in time for Health Journalism 2010 in Chicago. Find a PDF of the full issue here, or go to the issue’s online index.
In addition to profiles of AHCJ award winners, highlights include:
- A preview of the main attractions at Health Journalism 2010.
- A “state of health care journalism in 2010” round-up that focuses on the double-edged sword of a reform debate that brought health to the forefront, yet carried with it partisanship and misinformation. The issue also includes a piece on reporters’ struggles to understand and communicate the debate’s issues.
- An argument that “In the arena of iPhone apps, there is perhaps no division attracting as much attention as health care.”
- An interview with Nancy Snyderman, the well-known doctor and television reporter.
- A lead story on how the Internet is passing television as “most essential medium in the lives of Americans.”
- An exploration of the ethical and practical dilemmas facing doctor-journalists in Haiti, and a companion survey of members of the National Association of Medical Communicators. The issue also includes profiles of a few prominent doctor-reporters.
- An attempt to address questions raised by the H1N1 epidemic.
Read our post on last year’s issue here.
Multimedia, social media for health journos (#ahcj09)
Presenters had lots of great information to share about social media, blogging, getting audio and using free online tools for journalists at today’s multimedia sessions at Health Journalism 2009.
We heard from SeattlePI.com’s Monica Guzman (@moniguzman on Twitter); Phyllis Fletcher of KUOW-Seattle and Robert Hernandez from The Seattle Times; Scott Hensley, founding editor of The Wall Street Journal’s Health Blog; and Daniel Lathrop, an independent journalist who recently worked for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
For links to their tip sheets, presentations and many other useful sites, see this tip sheet written specifically for health journalists.
AHCJ extends discount on conference registration
AHCJ’s early-bird registration rate for Health Journalism 2009 – one of the best deals in journalism training – will be offered to all registrants this year! With the economy taking its toll on folks everywhere, AHCJ believes the easier we can make it for you to attend this premier training event, the better.
We still encourage you to sign up as soon as possible – registration includes signing up for a field trip and seats are limited.
Now, more than ever, AHCJ offers training, networking and support for journalists.
Book a bargain flight now
Some airlines have dropped fares to Seattle, so this is a good time to check on flights to the conference.
Members have found roundtrip fares for less than $300 from the NYC area and as low as $220 from the Washington, D.C., area for the dates of the conference.
Many speakers have been confirmed for the conference
See the schedule packed with panels, events and top speakers
Apply for a fellowship to attend the conference
Join us April 16-19 at the Grand Hyatt Seattle. Don’t miss field trips, training in multimedia skills, panels featuring top reporters and experts, press briefings, the Freelance PitchFest and much more.
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New at HealthJournalism.org
- Data gives depth to investigation of patient safety
- What reporters should know about Alzheimer’s and related dementias
- Apply for fellowships to attend Health Journalism 2012
- AHCJ asks Supreme Court to permit broadcast of arguments in health reform case
- Tips for print, online journalists to embrace broadcast opportunities
- Numbers reveal how often, or how rarely, states check doctors’ disciplinary records
- How I did it: Falsified charts in nursing homes linked to patient care
- Access Denied: Looking at a lack of health care availability
- Transparency & medical errors: Public reporting of patient harm is a potent force
