Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
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Health Affairs Supported by RWJF Since 1992
February 1, 2012 | Program Result Report
RWJF has supported Health Affairs, a health policy journal, for 20 years.
Getting Journalists Up to Speed on Health and Health Care Issues
October 12, 2011 | Program Result Report
The Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism designed, developed and maintained a new website with extensive resources to enhance the ability of journalists to cover health care issues.
Keeping the Press and Congressional Staff Informed about Health Care Policy
August 27, 2009 | Program Result Report
In early 2006, RWJF provided a renewal grant to the Alliance for Health Reform to continue its work informing congressional staff and journalists about health care issues. Funding extended from February 2006 to November 2008.
Spanish-Language Radio Broadcasts Health News Coverage
January 12, 2004 | Program Result Report
From 1992 to 1998, Radio Bilingue used funds from RWJF and other sources to maintain a health desk and produce health programming and public service messages.
How Well Do Newspapers Cover the Topic of Health Care?
March 31, 2001 | Program Result Report
The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, Gainesville, Fla., conducted three quantitative and qualitative analyses of daily newspaper coverage of health-related topics from 1993 and 1996.
RWJF Supports NPR Health Reporting
July 29, 2009 | Program Result Report
Between 2003 and 2008 the Health Reporting Unit at National Public Radio: produced 4,650 health and health care-related stories, and hired veteran health correspondent Julie Rovner as a full-time reporter, focusing on health care and health policy.
Health Care Journalists Take Note of Current Issues During 2004 Conference
March 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
In 2004, the Association of Health Care Journalists, an organization dedicated to advancing public understanding of health care issues, sponsored a four-day conference designed to improve reporters' knowledge of health care issues.
Health Care Reporting for Native Americans
January 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
The Alaska Public Radio Network produced health-information news and features for the daily National Native News radio program, and developed a weekly call-in health program, "The Friday Wellness Edition."
Lab Coats Plus Laptops Can Equal Better Medical Care
January 31, 2001 | Program Result Report
Michael L. Millenson, a Pulitzer-prize-nominated journalist, wrote Demanding Medical Excellence: Doctors and Accountability in the Information Age, which was published by the University of Chicago Press in 1997.
Veteran Health Reporters Help a Journalism School Distill a Guide for Novices
September 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
In 1998, the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, Gainesville, Fla., developed a pilot seminar to help newspaper journalists improve their coverage of health and health-care issues.