Harvard Public Health magazine’s Post

This booklet is an incredibly thoughtful and much-needed resource for experts seeking to engage with the press. If you're looking to share your expertise with the media, be sure to check it out!

The Canadian Medical Association and The Canadian Journalism Foundation are today announcing the creation of a new journalism fellowship to support excellence in Indigenous health reporting. “The CMA recognizes the critical role journalism plays in advancing understanding and driving good policy decisions. With this fellowship, we commit to funding critically important journalism that enriches our understanding of Indigenous health and upholds Indigenous worldviews and practices.” - Dr. Joss Reimer, CMA president. Read more: https://bit.ly/4ix0UAE

Useful article, hopefully it is widely read. To add my two bits: would have been good to see a more explicit focus on the potential for NFP models to provide needed services, and to highlight the need for systematic policy development to support this. Here is Croakey Health Media budget submission from last year, advocating for a comprehensive policy framework and implementation strategy for growing NFP public interest journalism sector. https://lnkd.in/g9T_ezt4

In traditional journalism, reporters work to present information in an unbiased way. And if you ask Sony Salzman, it’s not difficult to maintain those same standards in creating content for social media. What is difficult is competing with a hyperbolic, fearmongering posts designed to go viral. So, how do we know who to trust when it comes to health and medical news? Whose responsibility is it to vet the information we’re consuming? On this episode of The Beat, Sony Salzman, Coordinating Producer, ABC Medical Unit, ABC News, discusses the rapidly evolving media landscape, an environment that is increasingly riddled with misinformation. Listen in for insight on distilling complex health information in a way people can understand and learn how to discern well-balanced medical news from one-sided content designed for virality. 🎧 Tune in: https://lnkd.in/en6bTuQC #TheBeat #HealthNews #Misinformation #DigitalHealth #MedicalJournalism

We are happily sharing the call for proposals of The Self-Investigation, for the upcoming Mental Health in Journalism Summit. Journalism can be a stressful profession, and journalists need to take care of themselves, to better take care of the news! Read more here: https://buff.ly/3VJVh8J #mentalhealth #journalism

The International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE) surveyed over 400 researchers from 66 countries about the global information environment.  A key assessment from the report is that the availability of accurate information and diversity of voices are the most important features of a healthy information ecosystem.  But... two-thirds (63%) of respondents expect the information environment to worsen in the future (compared to 54% the prior year). Highlighted by the red-shaded portions of the chart below, owners of social media platforms and government/politicians/political parties are viewed as the biggest threat to a healthy information environment.  Nearly half view journalists/news organizations as either no threat or very small. #trustedjournalism #qualityjournalism #informationecosystem #digitalnews #socialmedia #misinformation #AIcontent #fakenews #journalism #socialmediafornews

In this webinar, learn about two AHCJ fellowships to advance the craft of health journalism and encourage nuanced, informed reporting. https://lnkd.in/gwBij-rn

😷Want to tell better #OneHealth stories? Internews's Health Journalism Network has compiled five expert insights—including from EJN's One Health fellow, Gardy Chacha—on how and why journalists and scientists must collaborate more effectively to simplify complex climate, environmental and health issues, engage diverse audiences and inspire action. 🎧Tune in to learn more: https://loom.ly/Tt6QZRI #OneHealth #Storytelling #Journalism #ScienceCommunication #HealthEquity #GlobalHealth #CollaborativeJournalism #ScienceJournalism #PublicHealth #UniversalHealthCoverageDay

🔎 Our Investigative Reporting Award. The European Press Prize entry period is in full swing, and we want to make sure you submit your work for the right category. Watch this video and read more about the Prize's submission rules, on this page: https://buff.ly/2BRdA2T #award #europeanpressprize #submissionrules #journalism