🗓️ Join us tomorrow at 1 p.m. ET for a webinar exploring how Gates funding influences journalism, the challenges of critically reporting on foundation activities, and the role of philanthropy in health care. healthjournalism.org/event/reckon...

Not only do street medicine teams meet people in their encampments or on the street, but in establishments like McDonald’s, as well as in hospitals and jails. #AHCJSummithealthjournalism.org/blog/2023/11...

How ‘patient-centered’ street medicine is eliminating barriers to care

Joseph Becerra, a certified clinical supervisor with USC Street Medicine. Photo by Erica Tricarico/AHCJ People who are homeless may delay … Read more

🏆 It's awards season! Since 2004, the Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism have recognized the best health reporting in print, broadcast, and online media. The contest was created by journalists for journalists. Submit your work today! healthjournalism.org/awards-for-e...

We're excited to announce the 2024 class of AHCJ Health Care Performance Fellows! healthjournalism.org/blog/2023/11...

Living on the streets is deadly. Too often there are insurmountable barriers to accessing health care. Enter street teams: medical and social services professionals equipped with backpacks full of first aid supplies and a grim determination. #AHCJSummit

A movement toward ending “the crime brief” is gathering strength, but slowly, and there’s been pushback in newsrooms. Join us for Monday's webinar to explore how four journalists have tried to be part of the solution and the changes they’ve observed. healthjournalism.org/event/gettin...

Beyond affordability, we really have to think about the components that create a home environment. #AHCJSummit

According to Dr. Margot Kushel from the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations - the most important statistic from the California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness is people's income before slipping into homelessness. #AHCJSummit

“This growth in homelessness is largely a result of systemic poverty. Too many people in this country are just plain not making it. They’ve gone from fragile and housed, to fragile and couch-surfing, to fragile and living in their cars, to fragile to living in tents. It’s an economic issue.”

"The community of people who are homeless are not being quoted, or are not a part of the story. That's bad journalism." - Lisa Halverstadt, Voice of San Diego. #AHCJSummit