Download - Health Journalism: a short primer
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Damian Radcliffe 26th October
2015
Reporting Health Matters
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Huge topic
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Ebola
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Dollars for Docs
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Deep dive into a locality
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Ethics
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Social Media
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Personal Impact
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Domestic abuse
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Colalife
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Exercise 1
• Split into two groups
• In 5 minutes, identify 10+ types of health stories
• Share genre with the group+ Theoretical/actual example in that genre
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Exercise 2
• Working on your own you have 15 mins to…
1) Identify a strong health story in that genre
2) On the Google Doc complete:
headline – source – story summary – why it matters
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Task 2: Why health journalism matters• Write an 800-1,200 word essay for a new journalism handbook explaining why health
reporting is important.
• Think about how this fits with journalistic principles and purposes e.g. accountability, informed citizens etc.
• Identify – and use - at least three examples of health stories to help illustrate your points.
• You can produce a generic essay, or one which uses one particular type of health story e.g. mental health, to do this.
DUE: 23:59 on 9th November