Health Media Jobs and Opportunities: Broadcast, print and online employment available

May 30, 2013

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Featured Opportunity

Senior Reporter- Health Care, American Public Media
Location: Flexible, All States
About: Develop health care beat and establish priorities and goals. Pitch and report ideas for daily spots and features on the subject of health care. Marketplace’s health care reporter will bring the industry to light with dynamic, original and insightful reporting. S/he will be responsible for a mix of features and daily spots across all the Marketplace shows, as well as digital elements for the web and a comfort with blogging. S/he will have the opportunity to tell in-depth character driven stories, collaborate with investigative reporting groups, and put breaking news on the air and on the Web.

Other Job Listings

Writer, Healthways
Location: Chandler, AZ
Status: Full-Time
Medium: Online/Print

Web Editor, Texas Health Organization for Physicians
Location: Dallas Texas
Status: Full-Time
Medium: Print/Online/New Media

Writer/Editor, ICF International- International Health and Development Division
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Status: Full-Time
Medium: Online/Print

Managing Editor, Turner Wellness
Location: Atlanta, GA or New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Medium: Broadcast, Online

Awards and Fellowships

2014 MetLife Foundation Journalists in Aging Fellows Program, The Gerontological Society of America
From the website: The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and New America Media (NAM) are welcoming applications — from journalists who cover issues in aging and/or who work for ethnic media outlets serving U.S. communities.
Deadline: July 1, 2013
Requirements: Selected Fellows will attend GSA’s 2013 Annual Scientific Meeting, which is taking place in New Orleans from Wednesday, November 20, to Sunday, November 24. Each Fellow will be expected to participate in a special one-day preconference session (Wednesday, November 20) and at least two days of general meeting sessions (Thursday, November 21, and Friday, November 22). Fellows will also commit to completing one short-term story about any aspect of the meeting and a long-term in-depth project of their own design. The latter must be outlined in a one-to-two page proposal.