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health

08.17.10

Fighting for my life: The largest battle I ever won health, theory | (0)
I've been doing a lot of soul searching recently, and coding. Trying to remember why I decided to learn how to program. It was always for journalism. Never transitioning out of the profession, only transitioning within it, and helping it to transition. I've been paying rapt attention to the journey of designer/journalist Chris Courtney. He's fighting a battle bigger than the ones we fight against agencies refusing to hand over document, journalists stuck in an old mindset, people too bored by media to become informed. He's fighting cancer. We don't know each other, Chris, but I've followed your work, and I've been ...
04.05.09

State of Healthcare Journalism health, writing | (0)
In mid-March, the Kaiser Family Foundation released a study on the state of healthcare journalism in the U.S. As a budding journalist with a relatively new interest in the field, my self-recognized lack of years of experience is temepred by a completely unbridled passion and enthusiasm. So delving into the pages I go, to figure out what can be done differently. What is it that journalists aren't doing? The study says that the greatest issue journalists have is a lack of time. Study stories replace the issues, as editors push for quick turnarounds. This prevents journalists from doing in-depth analysis and ...