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The Medical Journalists’ Association has a membership of more than 450 health and medical writers, broadcasters and editors. We are based in the UK and exist to promote excellence in journalism, encourage and support our membership and provide opportunities for networking.
Upcoming MJA Events
Visit the Anaesthesia Heritage centre and take a walk through medical history
July 20 @ 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm
News
Jaimie’s winning ways - Pulse editor Jaimie Kaffash has been named Editor of the Year (business media) at this year’s PPA Awards, after seeing off a shortlist of eight other editors, including the Press Read more...
Events
Webinar: Exclusive update on oral vaccines - MJA members can watch a recording of this webinar in our members’ only webinar section. If you have registered for this members-only webinar, you should have received an email with Read more...
Blogs
How unread are you? - I’m sure I’m not alone in loathing those follow up calls from PRs asking, ‘Have you seen my email?’ And when I’m talking to organisations about media messaging and strategies Read more...
Awards Latest
MJA Awards 2022 are now closed to entry - More than £12,000 in prize money will be distributed to winners of the 2022 Medical Journalists’ Association Awards, which closed to entry on Tuesday May 31, 2022. Thank you to Read more...
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Resources
The history joys - The Jubilee celebrations have prompted a lot of coverage on the changes we’ve seen over the past 70 years,. On June 30, 2022, the Medical Journalists’ Association will also be Read more...
Member Benefits
More reasons to join the MJA - Membership of the Medical Journalists’ Association brings a host of benefits. These include discounts for books published by the MIT press and even car hire. We have negotiated free access Read more...
Work and Money
Pulse seeks features assistant - If you’re looking for a fabulous foot in the door of health and medical journalism, Pulse is looking for a features assistant: This is an exciting opportunity for a new Read more...
Gallery
2021 MJA Awards - This year’s MJA Awards were even more of a celebration of excellence as we were able to do it in person. We were also able to celebrate the success of Read more...