Tag: health journalism
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Free rural health journalism workshop June 3 in St. Louis
Health journalists are invited to attend a free workshop in St. Louis, Mo., aimed at finding the “untold rural health stories,” on June 3. The workshop will provide journalists with...
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Ky. Rural Health Assn. seeks entries for health reporting contest
The Kentucky Rural Health Association has started a free Newspaper Reporting Contest to encourage print media outlets to bring attention to Kentucky’s rural health-related issues, such as unusually high disease rates and strategies for...
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Fellowships of $10,000 available for reporting on mental health
Each year the Carter Center Mental Health Program awards six Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism to six American journalists. They get a stipend of $10,000 to report on a mental health topic...
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New website, www.SortingThroughTheSmoke.com, offers journalists local and state information on tobacco and health
Three Kentucky organizations are launching a website to serve as a one-stop shop for journalists covering tobacco and health issues in Kentucky, and for others interested in documenting the impact...
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As renowned minister fights two tough diseases, journalist chronicles his journey
A well-known Kentucky pastor is nearing the end of his battle with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Laura Ungar, health writer for The Courier-Journal, has been chronicling Charles Music’s fight since 2005....
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Your blogger believes health coverage can change lives
Tara Kaprowy, the chief blogger for Kentucky Health News, is a freelance journalist living in Somerset. At the end of 2010, she left her post at The Sentinel-Echo in London, where,...
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Conflicting health stories can cause confusion
Conflicting headlines involving the dos and don’ts for how to stay healthy were discussed by a panel in Louisville late last month, The Courier-Journal‘s Darla Carter reports. “In January, I...