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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
MJA Annual General Meeting
October 20 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
News
Journalism and Mental Health: ITN journalists speak honestly of their experiences of covering Covid - Headlines Network has launched mental health workshops for journalists, mental health training for newsrooms and a podcast, Behind The Headlines, produced by MJA Member, and former BBC journalist, Rachael Buchanan, Read more...
Events
MJA Awards Ceremony 2022 - Watch the MJA Awards Ceremony live on the MJA website. Our live broadcast will start at 19:00 on Thursday September 15, 2022. Visit our main awards page to watch. You Read more...
Blogs
Has Covid fractured the way we live? - Has it? Hmm… I’ll be assessing the effects of the pandemic on everyday life on the evening of September 6 when I give the 2022 Tom Olsen lecture at St Read more...
Awards Latest
MJA Awards 2022: Meet the winners - Congratulations to all the winners and those highly commended in the MJA Awards 2022 and thank you to the hundreds of talented health and medical journalists who entered our awards. Read more...
Have your say:
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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
Let’s stamp out 60-day payment terms - We know that for many freelance members, chasing payments is a perennial problem, and there seems to be no end to the hoops and barriers to navigate before payment is Read more...
Gallery
Outstanding Contribution to Health or Medical Journalism 2022 - Alys Cummings, Michael Buchanan, Eleanor Plowden, and Diana Martin of BBC Panorama won in the Feature of the Year (Broadcast) category and then went on to win Outstanding Contribution to Read more...
