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Job Listings
Writer, CNN Health (via mediabistro.com)
Location: Atlanta, GA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print/Broadcast
Health Reporter, Louisville Public Broadcasting
Location: Louisville, KY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Broadcast
Associate Editor, American Medical Association
Location: Chicago, IL
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Associate Medical Editor, American Cancer Society
Location: Atlanta, GA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Health & Wellness Reporter, U.S. News & World Report (via mediabistro.com)
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Health Editor, O, The Oprah Magazine
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Health & Aging Reporter, New Hampshire Union Leader
Location: Manchester, NH
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Correspondent, Kaiser Health News
Location: Sacramento, CA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Health Editor, Men's Health (via mediabistro.com)
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Healthcare Reporter, Politico Pro
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online
Healthcare Policy & Regulation Reporter, The Hill
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online
Healthcare Reporter, The Hill
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online
Health & Fitness Staff Writer, Thrillist (via mediabistro.com)
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
New York Bureau Cheif, Modern Healthcare
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Print
Health & Development Editor, What To Expect (via mediabistro.com)
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Health Care Reporters, Inside Washington Publishers
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Assitant Editor, Student Health 101
Location: Westborough, MA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Features Editor, SELF Magazine
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Reporter II-Environment, Health and Safety News, Bloomberg BNA
Location: Arlington, VA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online
Health Reporter, Detroit Free Press
Location: Detroit, MI
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Assistant Editor, Men's Health
Location: Emmaus, PA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Business of Healthcare Reporter, The Dallas Morning News
Location: Dallas, TX
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Science & Health Reporter, IBTimes.com
Location: United States
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online
Community Editor, Center for Health Journalism
Location: Alhambra, CA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online
Fellowships & Awards
Jacque I. Minnotte Health Reporting Fellowship, Radio Television Digital News Foundation
Information: This award was created to honor former news director and Medstar executive Jacque Minnotte, who died in 1993. One $2,000 award will be presented to an outstanding audio, video, or digital/multimedia health reporter with fewer than 10 years’ journalism experience. Applicants can find out more and apply online at RTDNA’s website here. Winners of the Jacque I. Minnotte Health Reporting Fellowship are invited to attend the Excellence in Journalism conference.
Deadline: May 31, 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: 5:00 p.m. on Friday, July 8, 2016