Health Media Jobs and Opportunities: Freelance and reporter opportunities available and don't forget to apply for these exciting awards and conferences.
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Featured Opportunity
Health Editorial Director, National Health Networks
About: We are seeking an entrepreneurial editorial director, comfortable recruiting and growing social newsrooms, to develop companion health networks on better medicine and healthier living. Backed by two established health brands, we are a group publisher looking for an experienced, creative senior editor able to stitch together a voice and sensibility using our innovative distributed media platform.
Location: New York, NY
Medium: Internet/Online/New Media
New Job Listings
Managing Editor, American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies (API),
Location: Oakbrook, IL
Requirements: Full-time
Medium: Print/Online
Associate Editor, The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) (via mediabistro.com)
Location: Chicago, IL
Status: Full-time
Area: Non-Profit
Expert Health/Medical Freelance Writers, Online Media (via journalismjobs.com)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Status: Freelance
Medium: Print/Online
Health Business/Health Reform Reporter, Atlantic Information Services, Inc. (via journalismjobs.com)
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-time
Medium: Print/Online
Staff Assistant Editor, Wainscot Media’s Health and Life Magazine
Location: Montvale, NJ
Status: Full-Time
Medium: Print/Online
Awards and Fellowships
Dart Awards, The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma
Eligibility: The Dart Awards competition is open to news organizations and independent journalists across North America and U.S. territories.
Deadline: January 25, 2013
From the Website: "The Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma honor innovative, ethical and effective reporting of human tragedy across all media platforms."
Nineteenth Annual NIHCM Foundation Health Care Print Journalism Award, National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation
Eligibility: Articles must originally have been published during the calendar year 2012
Deadline: February 15, 2013
From the Website: "Recognizing excellence in health care reporting and writing on the financing and delivery of health care and the impact of health care policy."
Health Journalism 2013 Conference, Association of Health Care Journalists
Information: AHCJ's annual conference will be March 14-17, 2013, at the Seaport Boston Hotel and the adjacent Seaport World Trade Center. The hotel and conference center are located on the Boston waterfront in the growing Seaport District.
Deadline: Early rate ends February 1, 2013
From the Website: Join hundreds of other journalists as they take part in skill-building workshops, sit in on panel discussions and visit area research sites. The conference, produced by the association’s Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism, features world-class speakers, important news briefings and helpful sessions all aimed at aiding reporters, editors and news producers in better covering the latest health issues.