Health Media Jobs and Opportunities: Work for NPR, Daily Mail or Cosmopolitan Magazine

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December 4, 2015

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Job Listings

Deputy Senior Supervising Editor, Science and Food, Science Desk, NPR
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time 
Job Type: Broadcast

U.S. Health Reporter, DailyMail.uk (via mediabistro.com)
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time 
Job Type: Online/Print

Editor - Health & Fitness, Cosmopolitan (via mediabistro.com)
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time 
Job Type: Online/Print

Senior Health & Medical Reporter, Lifescript (via mediabistro.com)
Location: Newport Beach, CA
Status: Full-Time 
Job Type: Online

Health Content Writer/Editor, About.com (via mediabistro.com)
Location: Remote location
Status: Freelance
Job Type: Online

Investigative Lead Reporter - Health, Consumer Protection Organization
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time 
Job Type: Online/Print

Senior Editor - Healthcare Beat, Industry Dive
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time 
Job Type: Online

Health Editor, TheMighty.com (via mediabistro.com)
Location: Los Angles, CA
Status: Full-Time 
Job Type: Online

Medical/Health Writer, Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK)
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online

Healthcare Writer, Targetbase
Location: Irving, TX
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print

Public Health Writer/Editor, Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC)
Location: Rockville, MD
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print

Science & Health Writer, The Skin Care Foundation (via mediabistro.com)
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print

Health & General Assignment Reporter, Bismarck Tribune
Location: Bismarck, ND
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print

Healthcare Reporter, BioPharm Insight
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online

Health/Dental Writer, The Wirecutter
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online

Editor - Fitness, Greatist
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online

Education/Healthcare Reporter, The Craig Daily Press
Location: Craig, CO
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print

Health Editor, American Heart Association
Location: Dallas, TX
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print

Health and Science Editor, Vox Media
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online

Health Editor, GLAMOUR
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print

Community Editor, Center for Health Journalism
Location: Alhambra, CA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online

Associate Editor - Impact, Huffington Post
Location: 
New York, NY
Status: 
Full-Time
Job Type: 
Online

Associate Editor - Health Affairs, Project HOPE
Location: 
Bethesda, MD
Status: 
Full-Time
Job Type: 
Print/Online

Fellowships

2016 California Health Journalism Fellowship, Center for Health Journalism
Information: 
Taught by prize-winning journalists, community health leaders, policy analysts and health care experts, the 2016 California Health Journalism Fellowship will focus on two broad themes:

    • How neighborhood life, social inequities, race, education and the environment influence health, and
    • The promise of health reform and health system innovation

Deadline: January 15, 2015

Awards for Excellence, Association of Healthcare Journalists
Information: 
Entries can include a wide range of health coverage including public health, consumer health, medical research, the business of health care and health ethics. The contest was created by journalists for journalists and is not influenced or funded by commercial or special-interest groups.
Deadline: 
January 6, 2015

Google News Lab Fellowship, International Reporters & Editors
Location: 
Eight participating organizations in the U.S. select students who will spend ten weeks working on projects focused on data journalism, online free expression, building news apps, and rethinking the business of journalism. Each college student receives a $8,500 stipend and $1,000 travel fund. 
Deadline: 
December 15, 2015