Health Media Jobs and Opportunities: Medicine in the Media Course

May 17, 2012

Whether you are looking for an opportunity to blog, edit or research topics in health, we've included opportunities for you. Also, check out the "Medicine in the Media Course"; you've only got two weeks to apply.

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Featured Opportunities

Medicine in the Media Course, National Institutes of Health's Office of Disease Prevention (ODP)
Eligibility: "Journalists whose primary audience is the general public. Applicants may produce news stories about health or healthcare for newspapers, magazines, or newsletters; television or radio; or on-line media. Participants should be eager to develop skills and knowledge necessary for good medical and health reporting."
Location: Potomac, MD
Date: October 14-17, 2012
Cost: No cost
From the Website: "The course examines the opportunities and challenges of communicating medical research results to the public. It stresses an evidence-based approach and re-examines common beliefs about medicine. Participants will leave with a better understanding of how to interpret and evaluate research findings, how to select stories that hold meaning for the public, and how to place a science story in its appropriate context.."
Application Deadline: June 1, 2012

 

New Job Listings

Writer for aging services blog, Northern House Media (via ProBlogger.com)
Location: N/A
Status: Co-blogging
Medium: Online

Writer/Journalist to cover Austin's Health care Market, Healthcare Journal of Austin (via JournalismJobs)
Location: Austin, TX
Status: Part-time
Medium: Online

Writer- Editor, Department of Veteran Affairs
Location: Washington, DC
Status: Full-time
Medium: Other

Online Production Editor, EveryDayHealth.com
Location: New York City, NY
Status: Full-time
Medium: Online

Marketing Copywriter & Editor, WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
Location: Tampa, FL
Status: Full-time
Medium: Other

Program Research Associates, The Public Health Institute (PHI)
Location: San Jose, CA
Status: Full-time
Medium: Other