Health Media Jobs and Opportunities: New Editor and Internship Positions Available

July 11, 2013

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Featured Opportunity

Health Editor, WiserTogether                                                                   
Location: Washington D.C., Los Angeles or New York
Status: Full-Time
Description: As a member of the Content Team, the Health Editor is both an individual contributor and a project manager. The Health Editor is responsible for user-facing health content and supporting back-end projects. Content may include: descriptions of medical conditions and issues, descriptions of medical treatments, summaries of evidence-based medicine, text for health newsletters, glossaries of medical terminology, blog posts, etc.

Other Job Listings

Health Intern, U.S.News & World Report
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time
Medium: Print/Online/New Media

Health Producer/Reporter, The University of Arizona
Location: Tucson, AZ
Status: Full-Time
Medium: Online/Broadcast

Content Producer-Health & Medical, KNBC                                                                       
Location: Burbank, CA
Status: Full-Time
Medium: Broadcast

Health Editor, Everday Health
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Medium: Online/Print

Deputy Editor, Fit Pregnancy-Natural Health
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Medium: 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 15, 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.