Health Media Jobs and Opportunities: Psychology, food safety, senior health care and more

November 18, 2011

Take part in improving the quality of health care for people over 50 as a Senior Writer/Editor for UnitedHealth Group. Also see other job opportunities in various health topics.

To keep up with the latest discussions on topics relevant to health journalists, follow Career GPS posts and job listings via RSS. To submit a job listing, send me an email at knativid@usc.edu.

 

Featured Listing

Senior Writer/Editor, UnitedHealth Group
Location: Horsham, PA
Status: Full Time
Medium: Other

"Position Description: Bring your communication bravado, and help change the world one bold idea at a time. You can help drive the change that improves the health care system for the benefit of millions.

  • Assesses and interprets customer needs and requirements
  • Identifies solutions to non-standard requests and problems
  • Solves moderately complex problems and/or conducts moderately complex analyses
  • Works with minimal guidance; seeks guidance on only the most complex tasks
  • Translates concepts into practice
  • Provides explanations and information to others on difficult issues
  • Coaches, provides feedback, and guides others
  • Acts as a resource for others with less experience
  • This full-time position requires working in-house here in Horsham, PA."

 

New Job and Internship Listings

Food Safety Writer/Journalist, PritzkerOlsen, P.A. (via JournalismJobs)
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Status: Not specified/Telecommute
Medium: Print, Other

Senior Editor, Psychology Today (via mediabistro)
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full Time
Medium: Print, Online

Researcher, Women's Health, Rodale
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full Time
Medium: Print

Editor, MedCityNews.com (via JournalismJobs)
Location: Flexible
Status: Full Time
Medium: Online

 

Competitions

Journalism contest on disability issues, Union of Russian Journalists and Russian Society of People with Disabilities (via ijnet)
Eligibility: Entries must be published from Dec. 1, 2010 - Oct. 31, 2011.
Deadline: Dec. 1, 2011
From the Website: "The competition is aimed to attract attention of media to the people with disabilities, their issues and challenges. Potential topics include inclusion of the people with disabilities into society and encouraging them to participate in the life of society actively."

 

Prizes

2011 Hillman Prizes, The Hillman Foundation
Eligibility: Work produced, published, broadcast, or exhibited in 2010.
Deadline: January 31, 2012
From the Website: "Since 1950, the Sidney Hillman Foundation has honored journalists who pursue investigative reporting and deep storytelling in the public interest. Our six categories will include books (non-fiction), reporting in newspaper, magazine, and blogs, film and broadcast journalism (includes television and radio), and photojournalism. The contest is open to journalists and subjects globally, although work must be published in the U.S."