About Tara Haelle Tara Haelle (@TaraHaelle) is AHCJ’s medical studies core topic leader, guiding journalists through the jargon-filled shorthand of science and research and enabling them to translate the evidence into accurate…
Month: June 2023
Reporting beyond the medical studies on PFAS ‘forever chemicals’
About Elizabeth Aguilera Elizabeth Aguilera is AHCJ’s core topic leader for environmental health and an award-winning multimedia journalist. She specializes in stories about where policy meets people. She has been reporting for…
‘Dr. Death’ reform law shows the importance of investigating state licensing boards
About Mary Chris Jaklevic Mary Chris Jaklevic is AHCJ’s topic leader for patient safety. She has been a contributor to HealthNewsReview.org, a project that aimed to improve health care journalism by critiquing…
Report exposes worrisome health trends in Black and Indigenous women of childbearing age
About Margarita Martín-Hidalgo Birnbaum Margarita Martín-Hidalgo Birnbaum (@mbirnbaumnews) is AHCJ’s Health Equity Core Topic Leader. An independent journalist who has covered health disparities. Birnbaum’s stories have been published by WebMD, American Heart…
Tips for reporting on the health impacts of a boiling world
Photo by C4K3 via Wikimedia Commons Worldwide, extreme heat kills at least 300,000 people each year. “High temperature events” have numerous adverse health effects that can directly and indirectly lead to harm…
Virtual body doubling may help your productivity
About Barbara Mantel Barbara Mantel (@BJMantel), an independent journalist, is AHCJ’s freelance community correspondent. Her work has appeared in CQ Researcher, Rural Health Quarterly, Undark, Healthline, NBCNews.com and NPR, among others. She…
Resilience factors in older women could hold key to better quality of life
About Liz Seegert Liz Seegert is an independent health journalist and AHCJ’s topic leader on aging. She covers older adults, baby boomers, health policy, and social determinants of health, as well as…
Reuters reporter investigates how Medicare fraud settlements fail to shield patients from dangerous clinicians
About Mary Chris Jaklevic Mary Chris Jaklevic is AHCJ’s topic leader for patient safety. She has been a contributor to HealthNewsReview.org, a project that aimed to improve health care journalism by critiquing…
ALS patients are using AI to preserve their natural voices. Here’s how one reporter covered it
About Karen Blum Karen Blum is AHCJ’s core topic leader on health IT. An independent journalist in the Baltimore area, she has written health IT stories for publications such as Pharmacy Practice…
‘Jail’ and ‘prison’ aren’t interchangeable, and other stuff journalists should know
About Katti Gray Katti Gray (@kattigray) is AHCJ’s core topic leader for behavioral and mental health. A former Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellow, Gray is providing resources to help AHCJ members expand their…