Health Media Jobs and Opportunities: Newspaper health reporters wanted

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Job Listings

Senior Editor, American Council on Exercise (ACE)
Location: San Diego, CA
Status: Full-Time
Medium: Online/Print

Healthcare Reporter, The Bulletin 
Location: Bend, OR 
Status: Full-Time
Medium: Online/Print

Health Editor, Livewellnebraska.com
Location: Omaha, NE
Status: Full-Time
Medium: Online

Science and Health Editor, Non-Profit
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Medium: Print/Online/New Media

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

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

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.