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Job Listings
Public Safety and Health Reporter, The Argus Observer
Location: Ontario, OR
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Features Editor, Health, AARP
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Senior Editor, Men's Health
Location: Emmaus, PA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Health and Social Services Reporter, CALmatters
Location: Sacramento, CA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online
Freelance Health Editor, everydayHEALTH.com
Location: New York.,NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online
Editor, Indiana University Health
Location: Bloomington, IN
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Associate Editor, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Publishing
Writer/Editor, Children's Healthcare Atlanta
Location: Atlanta, GA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Web Producer, Kaiser Health News
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time - 6 month contract
Job Type: Online/Digital
Global Health English Editor, Project HOPE
Location: Remote
Status: Volunteer
Job Type: Online/Print
Health Editor, O, The Oprah Magazine
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Health Journalist, American Diabetes Association
Location: Alexandria, VA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Health & Fitness Writer,The Cheat Sheet
Location: Remote
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online
Health Editor, Vertical Health (via mediabistro.com)
Location: Montclair, NJ
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online
Senior Wellness Editor, mindbodygreen
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online
Health Care Reporter, POLITICO Pro
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Health Care Policy Editor, POLITICO Pro
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Data Journalist/Analyst, Kaiser Health News
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Project Reporter, Kaiser Health News
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Associate Editor, Men's Health
Location: Emmaus, PA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Health Reporter, Louisville Public Broadcasting
Location: Louisville, KY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Broadcast
Associate Medical Editor, American Cancer Society
Location: Atlanta, GA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Education, Fellowships & Awards
Webinar- Does ‘Pay for Performance’ Work?, Center for Health Journalism
Information: This webinar will tour the existing evidence on pay for performance and take a hard look at claims that it’s the answer to boosting health care quality and curbing spending. Reporters and policy makers will leave with a better understanding of the tough questions we should be asking of such programs.
Deadline: June 28, from 10 to 11 a.m. PST / 1 to 2 p.m. EST
To register: Click here.
Information: The MJ Bear Fellowships identify and celebrate early-career digital journalists, working independently or for a company or organization, who have demonstrated — through professional experimentation, research or other projects — that they deserve support for their efforts and/or vision.The fellows are up-and-coming journalists inside or outside the newsroom who are just beginning to make their voices heard in the industry and working to expand the boundaries of digital news.
Deadline: July 14, 2016
Information: Digital journalists from diverse backgrounds with experience reporting for mobile and social platforms are encouraged to apply for the CNN Diversity Fellowship at ONA16. Four winners will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to the ONA conference in Denver Sept. 15-17. Applications will be open to journalists of diverse backgrounds, inclusive of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age and gender.
Deadline: July 14, 2016
Grant, NIHCM Foundation
Information: NIHCM Foundation supports timely health care journalism that informs efforts to improve the health of Americans and that examines emerging health issues and their implications for cost, quality and access. NIHCM Foundation is making a total of up to $250,000 available and expects to fund 6 to 8 projects from this amount.
Deadline: July 15, 2016
2016 Price Child Health and Welfare Journalism Awards, Children’s Advocacy Institute (CAI)
Information: The Price Child Health and Welfare Journalism Award, administered with the assistance of the Children’s Advocacy Institute (CAI), recognizes significant stories, series, or bodies of work that advance the understanding of, and enhance public discourse on, child health and well-being issues in California, including child health / health care reform; nutrition;child safety;child poverty; child care; education; child abuse; foster care; former foster youth / transition issues; juvenile justice; children with special needs, and others. All stories or series published by a major daily or weekly California newspaper from July 1, 2015—June 30, 2016 are eligible for nomination.
Deadline: July 8, 2016 at 5 p.m.