Health Media Jobs & Opportunities: Checkout openings to join Kaiser Health News in content, analytics

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June 10, 2016

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Job Listings

Web Producer, Kaiser Health News
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time - 6 month contract
Job Type: Online/Digital

Global Health English Editor, Project HOPE
Location: Remote
Status: Volunteer
Job Type: Online/Print

Health Editor, O, The Oprah Magazine
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time 
Job Type: Online/Print

Health Journalist, American Diabetes Association
Location: Alexandria, VA
Status: Full-Time 
Job Type: Online/Print

Health & Fitness Writer,The Cheat Sheet
Location: Remote
Status: Full-Time 
Job Type: Online

Health Editor, Vertical Health (via mediabistro.com)
Location: Montclair, NJ
Status: Full-Time 
Job Type: Online

Health & Wellness Reporter, U.S. News & World Report
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time 
Job Type: Online/Print

Senior Wellness Editor, mindbodygreen
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Status: Full-Time 
Job Type: Online

Health Care Reporter, POLITICO Pro
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time 
Job Type: Online/Print

Health Care Policy Editor, POLITICO Pro
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time 
Job Type: Online/Print

Data Journalist/Analyst, Kaiser Health News
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time 
Job Type: Online/Print

Project Reporter, Kaiser Health News
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time 
Job Type: Online/Print

Digital Editor, TheBody.com and TheBodyPRO.com (via mediabistro.com)
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time 
Job Type: Online

Associate Editor, Men's Health
Location: Emmaus, PA
Status: Full-Time 
Job Type: Online/Print

Health Reporter, Louisville Public Broadcasting 
Location: Louisville, KY
Status: Full-Time 
Job Type: Broadcast

Associate Medical Editor, American Cancer Society
Location: Atlanta, GA
Status: Full-Time 
Job Type: Online/Print

Education, Fellowships & Awards

Webinar- Does ‘Pay for Performance’ Work?, Center for Health Journalism
Information: This webinar will tour the existing evidence on pay for performance and take a hard look at claims that it’s the answer to boosting health care quality and curbing spending. Reporters and policy makers will leave with a better understanding of the tough questions we should be asking of such programs.
Deadline: June 28, from 10 to 11 a.m. PST / 1 to 2 p.m. EST
To register: Click here.
2016 Equal Voice Journalism Awards, Marguerite Casey Foundation
Information: The Marguerite Casey Foundation’s Equal Voice Journalism Fellowship/Scholarship on Povertyaims to increase the public’s understanding of poverty. Recipients of the 2016 Equal Voiceawards will write at least one in-depth story or short series that illustrates how language, cultureand race influence public attitudes and policy about poor people. Selected journalists will receive a stipend of $2,250, plus up to $1,000 in travel reimbursement.
Deadline: June 20, 2016
2016 Price Child Health and Welfare Journalism Awards, Children’s Advocacy Institute (CAI)
Information: The Price Child Health and Welfare Journalism Award, administered with the assistance of the Children’s Advocacy Institute (CAI), recognizes significant stories, series, or bodies of work that advance the understanding of, and enhance public discourse on, child health and well-being issues in California, including child health / health care reform; nutrition;child safety;child poverty; child care; education; child abuse; foster care; former foster youth / transition issues; juvenile justice; children with special needs, and others. All stories or series published by a major daily or weekly California newspaper from July 1, 2015—June 30, 2016 are eligible for nomination.
Deadline: July 8, 2016 at 5 p.m.