Africa: Nigeria Health Watch Announces Fellows for the 2025 Solutions Journalism West Africa Fellowship: [Nigeria Health Watch] Nigeria Health Watch is pleased to announce the selection of 10 fellows for the Solutions Journalism West Africa Fellowship, a four-month programme designed to strengthen the practice of solutions-oriented health reporting in West Africa. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TLxRyX #Nigeria #HealthReporting #SolutionsJournalism #WestAfrica #JournalismFellowship

"Having dedicated health reporters in key newsrooms makes a huge difference, and giving those reporters the time to cultivate their contacts, to dig through documents, to make OIA requests."

#RachelThomas, 2025

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=61d7c2a9-7bca-435a-b796-b5d87c90ca92

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Mediawatch podcast

A critical look at the New Zealand media.

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When @statnews publishes an opinion piece on #pediatric #obesity guidelines and labels it as investigative journalism, they are dispensing spin.

This is disappointing from an organization with otherwise high standards for #HealthReporting.
https://conscienhealth.org/2024/09/spin-with-a-pretense-of-journalism-in-pediatric-obesity/

Spin with a Pretense of Journalism in Pediatric Obesity - ConscienHealth

When STAT publishes an opinion piece on pediatric obesity guidelines and labels it as investigative journalism, they are dispensing spin.

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Get your #bivalent #booster. Among hospitalized #seniors, the updated booster provided significant additional protection against #hospitalization compared with being unvaccinated or only receiving monovalent vaccination. My latest story at Covering Health: https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2022/12/bivalent-booster-efficacy-and-covering-vaccination-rates-among-seniors/ #COVID19 #olderadults #healthreporting
Bivalent booster efficacy and covering vaccination rates among seniors

The CDC is urging everyone, especially older adults (65+) to get their bivalent COVID-19 booster as soon as possible. Among hospitalized seniors, the updated booster provided significant additional…

Association of Health Care Journalists

Excited to announce the inaugural cohort of emerging women journalists selected for the Journalism & Women Symposium (JAWS) Health Journalism Fellowship. A great mix of projects, people and media outlets:

https://jaws.org/2022/12/06/health-journalism-fellows/

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Health Journalism Fellows - JAWS

JAWS, Commonwealth Fund inaugural Health Fellowship fellows selected.

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Scientific American is hiring a #Health editor, can be based in NYC or DC. Seems like a great gig -- they've got a really strong editorial team. See link below for details. #ScienceJournalism #ScienceWriting #JournalismJobs #HealthReporting
https://careers.springernature.com/job/New-York-Health-Associate-Editor%2C-Scientific-American/870713501/
Health Associate Editor, Scientific American

Health Associate Editor, Scientific American

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DEADLINE IS TOMORROW to apply for the JAWS Health Journalism fellowship -- early career/emerging women journalists get stipend, mentoring, trip to 2023 JAWS Conference. Apply: https://tinyurl.com/5a2yuh3k #journalists #journalism #healthwriting #sciencewriting #healthreporting
JAWS Health Journalism Fellowship - JAWS

JAWS Health Journalism Fellowship in partnership with The Commonwealth Fund is a unique opportunity for emerging and early career journalists who have an interest in and passion for upping their health care reporting skills. Application deadline: 5 p.m. ET, November 7, 2022.  Questions? Contact Liz Seegert, project director, [email protected]. The Inaugural Journalism & Women Symposium  [...]

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