Health Media Jobs and Opportunities: Writers and editors wanted

October 16, 2015

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Job Listings

US Health Reporter, DailyMail.com (via mediabistro.com)
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online

Education/Healthcare Reporter, The Craig Daily Press
Location: Craig, CO
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print

Managing Editor, California Healthline & Kaiser Health News
Location: Menlo Park, CA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online

Web Reporter, California Healthline & Kaiser Health News
Location: Sacramento, CA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online

Health Editor, American Heart Association
Location: Dallas, TX
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print

Healthcare Policy Editor, POLITICO
Location: Arlington, VA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online

Health Editor, Woman's Day
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online

Health and Science Editor, Vox Media
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online

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

Health Writer, Town & Style Magazine
Location: St. Louis, MO
Status: Freeleance
Job Type: Online/Print

Health News Internship, ABC7 (KABC-TV), DATG (CA) -Spring 2016
Location: Glendale, CA
Status: Full-Time, Temporary
Job Type: Broadcast

Community Editor, ReportingOnHealth.org
Location: Alhambra, CA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online

Senior Editor, StayWell
Location: Yardley, PA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online

Writer/Reporter/Researcher, Health & Fitness News - Inside.com
Location: San Francisco, CA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online

Scientific Writer, The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) - University of Washington
Location: Seattle, WA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Print/Journals

Associate Medical Editor, American Cancer Society
Location: Atlanta, GA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print

Associate Editor - Impact, Huffington Post
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online

Associate Editor- Health, Time Inc.
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online

Associate Editor - Health Affairs, Project HOPE
Location: Bethesda, MD
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Print/Online

Grants, Awards & Fellowships 

California Health Data Journalism Fellowship, The California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships at USC Annenberg
Basic Information: The Fellowship is designed for reporters who want to learn how to harness and analyze data that can shape health care decision-making, policy and legislation across California and beyond. It will help journalists who are skilled storytellers to advance to a new level by mining healthcare data to reveal key insights essential to high impact journalism.
Apply by Friday, October 16, 2015 - 5:00pm
Free Speech & Open Government Award, The First Ammendment Coalition
Basic Information: The First Amendment Coalition is soliciting nominees for the FAC Free Speech & Open Government Award, given each year for performance of exemplary work in the arena of open government.
Apply by Friday, October 30, 2015