On Saturday April 9, 2022 MJA members and students gathered at City, University of London to develop skills in investigative journalism, podcasting, data journalism and pitching. You can view the full programme below and find out more about the speakers and their sessions
Hear from our speakers on how they got into health and investigative journalism. With thanks to Elisabeth Mahase for making this short video on behalf of the MJA.
Watch Rosa Furneaux of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s presentation on ‘How Covax failed to deliver’
Other presentations and coverage will be added to this page once they become available.
Investigations in health journalism: Covid and beyond
10:00 – 17:00 Saturday April 9, 2022
Programme:
10:00 Welcome from Nigel Praities, Executive Editor, The Pharmaceutical Journal & Chair of the MJA, and Mark Honigsbaum, Senior Lecturer, Department of Journalism City, University of London
10:00 – 13:00 Plenary session: Investigative Journalism – Chaired by Mark Honigsbaum, Senior Lecturer, Department of Journalism City, University of London
Rachel Schraer (BBC): Inside NHS Test and Trace
Rebecca Thomas (The Independent): Reporting on mental health during the pandemic
Rosa Furneaux (TBIJ): How Covax failed to deliver
George Greenwood (The Times): The truth behind PPE contracts
13:00 – 14:00 Sandwich lunch
14:00 – 16:00 Workshops
Workshop 1: Podcasting with Richard Hollingham from Science Boffin Media
Workshop 2: Data journalism: getting the most out of surveys and mass testimony investigations with Amara Sophia Elahi, Impact reporter BBC news
Workshop 3: Developing ideas and pitching with Emma Wilkinson, Freelance Medical and Health Journalist & Vice Chair of the MJA
16:00 – 16:15 Tea
16:15 – 17:00 Panel Discussion – Medical Journalism post-Covid – Chaired by Nigel Praities, Executive Editor, The Pharmaceutical Journal & Chair of the MJA
Panelists:
Rebecca Coombes, Head of Journalism, BMJ
Lawrence Dunhill, Bureau Chief, Health Service Journal
Catherine Jones, Health Correspondent, Channel 5 News
Sofia Lind, Deputy Editor, Pulse
Meet the speakers and find out more about their sessions
