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Today's the day—HJ26 is here! 🎉
We're kicking off the conference with field trips, workshops, and tonight's Kick-off Reception, supported by the Peterson Center on Healthcare.
Welcome to Minneapolis, and welcome to HJ26!
📸 Photo credit: Omar Ghrayeb (@OGEEVISUALS), courtesy of Meet Minneapolis
⏳ The countdown to #HJ26 is ON!
We’re headed to Minneapolis next week for four days of learning, networking, and big conversations shaping the future of health journalism. See you soon!
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Congratulations to Bob Herman, business of health care reporter at STAT, on receiving AHCJ’s inaugural Sunshine Award, recognizing excellence in transparency and accountability reporting.
Learn more about his work and the award: healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/06...
The legal fight over mifepristone entered yet another volatile phase late last week when the Supreme Court restored telehealth prescribing and mail delivery of the abortion and miscarriage medication. Here's how to tell the story. healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/05...
AI is changing how medical coverage decisions are made — but oversight and transparency are struggling to keep up. Check out this guidance for how to to cover this story.
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Final day of #HJ26!
Today's highlights include the 2025 Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism and a conversation with AMA President Dr. Bobby Mukkamala on his experience with brain tumor treatment and the challenges shaping health care today.
📸: Zachary Linhares
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🎉 We're ecstatic to welcome award-winning journalist @smjyoti.bsky.social to the team as AHCJ's first program manager! Her deep journalism experience will strengthen the support we provide our members and help us take our fellowship programs to the next level. healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/05...
HJ26 kicked off yesterday with field trips, workshops and a welcome reception. Today you can look forward to more informative and engaging sessions, book talks, the Exhibit Hall and a plenary on the future of universal health care.
Check out the full program: healthjournalism.org/training-eve...
6 days until #HJ26 🎉
Next week, health journalists from across the country will gather in Minneapolis for four days of conversations, workshops, networking and story ideas that matter.
Check out the full program to plan out your week: healthjournalism.org/training-eve...
Health Journalism 2026 is almost here. We’re looking forward to four days of thought-provoking sessions, hands-on workshops, immersive field trips and conversations with journalists from across the country covering the biggest issues in health and medicine.
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At HJ26, AHCJ Sunshine Award winner Bob Herman urged fellow journalists to "get grumpy" about how CMS and other agencies treat reporters.
The court's decision to block telehealth prescribing of mifepristone signals ongoing instability in how a widely used, evidence-based medication is regulated and delivered in the United States.
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Insurers are increasingly using AI in various parts of the process including prior authorization. Here are some ideas to report on this.
