Health care journalists name contest winners
HealthJournalism.org Kay Lazar of the Boston Globe was named the top winner in the beat reporting category, while the New York Times Magazine won first place in the General Interest Magazines (large...
View ArticleWhy it’s worth developing a social media strategy, evaluating it along the way
I’m fascinated by scars. They map our medical histories and are clues to some of our best stories. I often ask people for their scar story. I’ve only been sorry once (the man who started sobbing in the...
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What skills do journalists need to work for niche sites?
In this week’s career chat, we talked with Everett J. Mitchell II, managing editor of The Medicare NewsGroup. The site features original and curated content that’s aimed at journalists covering...
View ArticleHow to report the hidden stories of economy-related mental health issues
The Great Recession is technically over, but in many communities, people are still reeling from months of unemployment and financial struggle. There are stories to be told — if journalists can find...
View ArticleCNN, Fox News err in covering Supreme Court health care ruling
The Supreme Court announced its ruling on the Affordable Care Act around 10:15 a.m. ET. CNN, which has been suffering in the ratings, and Fox both mistakenly reported that the individual mandate was...
View ArticleWho was first with healthcare ruling depends on where you were looking
Forget the war going on between AP, CNN and Fox over the latter outlets’ botched announcement of Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling — a much more important battle rages in the mediasphere. On Wednesday,...
View ArticleCNN issues correction, Fox issues statement on Supreme Court reporting mistakes
The ruling has come down: Both CNN and Fox badly bungled their reporting of today’s landmark Supreme Court opinion on healthcare. And both organizations have taken very different routes to correcting...
View ArticleJustice Ginsburg cites Washington Post reporter in health care decision
I am not gonna pretend that I’ve read today’s healthcare decision yet, but this has to be a pretty cool feeling for Sarah Kliff; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg cited one of...
View ArticleSCOTUSblog details in 7,000 words how CNN, Fox got Health Care ruling wrong
SCOTUSblog In an exhaustive account, SCOTUSblog publisher and co-founder Tom Goldstein describes, minute by minute, how CNN and Fox News initially misreported the Supreme Court ruling on the health...
View ArticleAP stylebook adds entry on mental illness
AP Stylebook | NAB The Associated Press has introduced guidance on how to use information about mental illness in coverage. “Do not describe an individual as mentally ill unless it is clearly pertinent...
View Article5 myths about the Affordable Health Care Act
Let’s face it: As a reporter, there’s pretty much nothing you can write or broadcast about the Affordable Care Act that someone won’t complain about. From its inception in 2009, the bill, and later,...
View ArticleHow reporters can localize coverage of the Affordable Care Act
Health reporting is steeped in science and certainty. Healthcare reform is a different beast, dominated by politics and unpredictability. Congressional battles, U.S. Supreme Court decisions and state...
View ArticleHow to weave the stories of ‘real folks’ into coverage of health-care law
On a hot, humid summer day it’s easy to find somebody who is uninsured — all you have to do is look for the folks on their front porches. If they can’t afford air conditioning, they can’t afford health...
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How to avoid mistakes in covering the Affordable Care Act
If there’s one thing everyone can agree on about Obamacare, it’s that the law is complicated. Really complicated — especially for a reporter trying to write about it on a deadline. I’ve spent the past...
View ArticleHow to fact-check the health care law
Before the health care law — aka Obamacare — the American health care system was a fragmented, confusing patchwork. After the health care law, the American health care system remains a fragmented,...
View ArticleHealth care coverage is more than numbers
We’ve heard a lot about the HealthCare.gov website and its performance metrics recently. But the Affordable Care Act metric that really matters isn’t error rates or response time. It’s enrollment....
View ArticleHow to tap into patient reviews of local hospitals
If you haven’t examined how your local hospitals performed in the latest Medicare surveys, you’re missing out on some important stories with high likely readership. Jordan Rau of Kaiser Health News...
View ArticleJustice Ginsburg cites Washington Post reporter in health care decision
"GAH," says Sarah Kliff.
View ArticleSCOTUSblog details in 7,000 words how CNN, Fox got Health Care ruling wrong
"I feel that we showed that a specialized 'vertical' – a deep team with focused expertise – can contribute to reporting."
View ArticleAP stylebook adds entry on mental illness
AP acknowledged Sandy Hook shooting was a factor.
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