The Medical Journalists’ Association has a membership of more than 400 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 lunch and learn: How to be interviewed

  June 23 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

News

• Plasma donation restarts in the UK for the first time in more than 20 years - Plasma donation for the manufacture of a medicines – known as Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG)- restarted in April 2021. This is first time plasma had been donated in the UK in Read more...

Events

• Online exhibition: Royal College of Physicians Unseen - The history of medicine like you’ve never seen it before. The Royal College of Physicians has been collecting fascinating and extraordinary objects, stunning works of art, recorded interviews, rare books Read more...

Blogs

• To say racism doesn’t exist is ignorance which will undo great work and hinder progress - I am always loath to use phrases like: “I’ve been lucky enough to rarely experience incidents of racism in my life.” There’s nothing “lucky” about being treated as every human Read more...

Awards Latest

• MJA Awards 2021 now closed for entry - The 2021 MJA Awards are now closed to entry and are for work published on or between Thursday February 13, 2020 and Friday February 12, 2021. There are £750 cash Read more...

Resources

• Grant for cancer reporting - The European School of Oncology provides grants of up to €5,000 for high quality reporting on cancer — and the good news is that this is one opportunity which hasn’t 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

• Watch the 2020 MJA Awards -   If you weren’t able to watch the MJA Awards in real time, you can catch up with our virtual ceremony here. Congratulations to everyone who made the shortlists, to Read more...