The impacts of climate change on public health have increasingly come into focus as journalists on the health beat report on these issues. This coverage is critical for public understanding…
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Dear MJA member, We should be winding down at this time of the year, but I suspect a lot of medical journalists are still working as hard as ever. Nevertheless,…
Clare Bostock I am an NHS Consultant Geriatrician. I work in urgent care settings in the hospital, and in people’s own homes in a Hospital at Home service. I have…
Announcing the Harding Prize for Trustworthy Communication HardingPrize.online In a year where many have appreciated the need for trustworthy and helpful communication of evidence, which have been the best –…
We’re delighted that Emma Wilkinson has agreed to become a Vice Chair of the MJA — and her appointment has been unanimously agreed by the Executive Committee. Since joining the…
Nigel, of course, needs no introduction. He is executive editor of the Pharmaceutical Journal, an award-winning journalist and long-standing member of the Medical Journalists’ Association. Since joining the Executive Committee…
By JENNY HOPE Nigel Hawkes, a ‘legend’ in science and health reporting, has died at the age of 78, after a career spanning more than 50 years. His elegant, incisive…
The Medical Journalists’ Association is delighted to announce that statistician and science communicator extraordinaire, Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter, will be presented with the MJA Lifetime Achievement Award at our 2021…
Another week brings another clutch of awards trophies for MJA members, this time from the British Society of Magazine Editors. Eleanor Philpotts from Pulse picked up the prize for Best…
Alastair McLellan — who has steered the Health Service Journal from success to success — has won this year’s Professional Publications Association Editor of the Year Award. Given the year…
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