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12 Sep

Canadian Medical Association announces health reporting award winners

<p>CBC won three health reporting awards from the Canadian Medical Association, followed by <em>L’actualité, </em>which won two awards. The media awards will be presented on Oct. 2 in Ottawa. For a complete list of winners, please go to the <a href="http://www.cma.ca/multimedia/CMA/Content_Images/Inside_cma/Media_Release/2013/Media-Awards-2013winners_en.pdf">CMA website</a>.</p><p><strong>Related content on J-Source:</strong></p>

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27 Aug

Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma creates guide on mental health reporting

<p>The Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma, in partnership with CBC News, has begun work on a comprehensive, Canadian guide to mental health reporting called <em>Mindset - Reporting on Mental Health.</em></p>

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6 Jun

Live blog from MagNet2013 Conference: Health, Science And Medical Writing With Accuracy

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16 Apr

Why Global’s Mark McAllister broadcast his own story of epilepsy

<p><em>Journalists tell stories every day, but what happens when a journalist becomes the story? Here in J-source, Global Toronto's <strong>Mark McAllister</strong> describes the events leading up to his much publicized on-air seizure; how he dealt with the media scrutiny that followed; and why a medical condition doesn't stop a reporter from being a reporter.</em></p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="377" src="http://globalnews.ca/video/embed/412316/" width="670"></iframe></p><p><em>*Video courtesy of Global News</em></p>

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13 Dec

Mental health coverage continues to miss the point

<p><em>Covering mental health issues takes tact, responsibility and a commitment to stories that push back against societal stigma. <strong>Olivia Schneider</strong> looks at how mental health stories are covered, the problems that persist in the coverage and how journalists can overcome them. </em></p><p><strong>By Olivia Schneider for <a href="http://kjr.kingsjournalism.com/?p=12138">the King’s Journalism Review</a></strong></p>

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1 Aug

Who, what, where and when: How journalists miss the ‘why’ in mental health stories

<p><strong>By Chelsey Burnside</strong></p><p> </p><p>My dad’s voice is guttural as it slices through the Bluetooth static. “We want to tell you before you see the headlines,” he says.</p>

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3 Apr

Consumer behavior in North America indicates a growing number of people think gluten is bad for their guts. Meanwhile, journalists are baking up stories and scientists are still digesting the biology.

<p><em>As he watched a large proportion of friends and family forsake flour for spelt bread and rice crackers, Western University, MAJ student, <strong>Jacob Kuehn</strong>, grew suspicious of media coverage of the gluten-free dietary phenomenon.  He decided to take a closer look at the science behind gluten sensitivity, and why the media may be missing it.</em></p><p> </p>

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21 Jan

New Editor for Canadian Medical Association Journal Announced Two Days After Interim Editor Posts Controversial OP-ED

<p><strong>New Editor for Canadian Medical Association Journal Announced Two Days After Interim Editor Posts Controversial OP-ED</strong></p>

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17 Jan

Five things every journalist should understand about the Canadian health care system

<p><em>Health care has gotten a lot media coverage in the last few weeks. Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a new funding formula and most provincial leaders are opposed to his plans.  Covering health policy is tough for any general assignment reporter; it’s complex and confusing. In the launch of J-Source's Health & Medical Journalism section, <strong> Dr. Gordon Guyatt</strong>, co-developer of evidence-based medicine and an advocate of public health care, offers journalists some evidence-based arguments on five key issues.</em></p>

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26 Oct

Ottawa Public Health, the media, and the latest infection scare

<p><em>In a hastily organized media conference mid-October, Ottawa’s chief medical officer of health announced a local, privately owned “non-hospital” clinic flunked proper infection control measures, resulting in the potential exposure of thousands to Hepatitis and HIV. Carleton University's<strong> Josh Greenberg </strong>on the resulting brouhaha.

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