Insights

<p>Highlighted this week: opportunities for health editors and reporters at three online media outlets, including Yahoo! and POLITICO. In addition, find the most updated information on upcoming grants, fellowships and educational opportunities.</p>

<p>Medicaid woes in California, a better, but costly, lung cancer screening tool, health reform's unintended consequences and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>The Online Health Journalism fellows convened June 23-25 for their second session at the L.A. Athletic Club in downtown Los Angeles. Topics included online business models, crunching data and use of social media tools to engage readers. Now on to those projects!</p>

<p>Should institutional PR departments be held to the same degree of accountability as reporters when crafting their press releases?</p>

<p>The high costs of chronic pain, a ruling for health reform, the dangers of traditional Chinese medicine and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Developmental trauma disorder is based on the theory that early childhood experiences literally shape the brain—and therefore the mind, behavior and personality of children into adulthood. Will the field of psychiatry recognize developmental trauma as a legitimate diagnosis?<span></span></p>

<p>Any investigative reporter will tell you that a case dismissal does not necessarily mean a victory. Here's how that rule of thumb figures into the case of Dan Markingson, who committed suicide after participating in a clinical trial for the psychiatric drug Seroquel.</p>

<p>Today's <em>Daily Briefing</em> features a report on business of health care exchanges, a candid discussion of PTSD and a great metaphor for bloggers and journalists.</p>

<p>Determining an ethical code is not as easy as it sounds when you take into to account a wide variety of cultures, journalistic training, and the constraints upon journalists in a variety of situations around the world.</p>

<p>We start the week of <em>Daily Briefings</em> with a selection of health stories around the globe and a re-examination of yearly check-ups.</p>