Health Media Jobs and Opportunities: USC Annenberg National Health Journalism Fellowship application due April 1

March 12, 2015

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Job Listings

Health IT Reporter, Atlantic Information Services, Inc.
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print

Science & Health Reporter, TechTimes.com 
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online

Editor, Public Health
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print

Associate Editor Health/Medical, Internet Brands, Inc.
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online

Medical Editor, WebMD
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online

Writer/Editor, Department Of Health And Human Services - FDA
Location: Laurel, MD
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Print/Online
Editorial Assistant - Mental Health, Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group (via mediabistro.com)
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Print/Online
Web Producer, Remedy Health Media (via mediabistro.com)
Location: Arlington, VA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online 
Intern, Public Health Institute 
Location: Berkeley, CA
Status: Full-Time, Temporary
Job Type: Print/Online 

Technical Writer-Editor, Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center
Location: Long Beach, CA
Status: Temporary
Job Type: Print/Online

Fitness Staff Writer, Prevention Magazine
Location: Emmaus, PA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Print/Online

Health Editor, WomensForum.com
Location: Chicago, IL
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online

Health Reporter, The Post-Bulletin
Location: Rochester, MN
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online

Associate Editor, Women's Health
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Print/Online

Senior Editor- Health & Wellness, Refinery29
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print

Health & Medical Content Reviewer, LIVESTRONG.com
Location: Santa Monica, CA (telecommute)
Status: Part-Time
Job Type: Online/Print

Health Insurance Reporter, POLITICO Pro
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Editorial

Healthcare Policy Editor, POLITICO Pro
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Editorial

Healthcare Reporter, POLITICO Pro
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Editorial

Healthcare/Pharmaceutical Reporter, POLITICO Pro
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Editorial

Health Producer, KQED
Location: San Francisco, CA
Status: Part-Time
Job Type: Radio

Health Reporter, The Bulletin
Location: Bend, OR
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Print/Online

Wellness Editor, Good Housekeeping
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Digital Media

Fellowships & Awards

USC Annenberg National Health Journalism Fellowship, University of Southern California
Basic Information:  Join us in Los Angeles July 12-16  for an intensive 4 1/2 day journalism institute focusing on vulnerable children and their families and the community conditions that affect their prospects for health. All expenses paid, plus reporting grants of $2,000-$10,000 to underwrite substantive explanatory or investigative journalism on health care reform, community health or children's health, welfare and well-being.
Requirements: Details here.
Deadline: Online application and supporting materials due April 1, 2015.
Basic Information: Designed to enhance public understanding of mental health issues, The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism support journalists interested in producing a significant and timely project on mental health or mental illnesses.  Working journalists tackle timely topics of their choice, and are not required to leave their current employment.
Requirements: Must have at least three years of experience in print or electronic journalism (writing, reporting, editing, producing, filmmaking and submit a complete application, including three letters of recommendation.
Deadline: April 17

Webinar Opportunities

BASIC INFORMATION: The Obama administration is poised to fundamentally change how we pay for health care in this country. By the end of 2016, Medicare aims to make 30 percent of payments on the basis of quality or value of care provided rather than the quantity of services. Critics often fault the existing fee-for-service system for rewarding doctors for performing more procedures, and the Department of Health and Human Services is eager to embrace alternatives. As the largest payer in the U.S. health care system, Medicare wields a huge influence on how health care is paid for and delivered, and this move is expected to trigger larger changes that ripple through the health care system. In this webinar, we'll explore the implications of this massive shift from volume toward value. Our expert panelists will assess the mixed track record of Accountable Care Organizations, which many see as precursors to this change, and discuss other promising innovations for boosting quality while lowering costs. What do early results from these ongoing experiments say about the future of payment reform? We'll be joined Dr. Arnold Milstein, director of the Clinical Excellence Research Center at Stanford’s School of Medicine, Austin Frakt, PhD, professor and contributor to NYT's The Upshot, and health journalist Jordan Rau of Kaiser Health News.
WHEN: March 19, from 10 to 11 a.m. PST (1 to 2 p.m. EST)