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JRMC 7355 Health and Medical Journalism Wednesdays 9:05 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. Spring 2009 Grady College Room 205 What skills do reporters and public relations professionals need to write about health and medicine? What is the relationship between health and poverty in Northeast Georgia? The basic mission of this graduate-level course is equipping you to write accurate, timely, interesting and credible articles for audiences large or small. You will choose a beat in Northeast Georgia and explore how the health of individuals and communities is affected by wealth, local resources, shifts in government policy and scientific advances. You will sharpen your interview skills, learn to use peer-reviewed journals and databases effectively, become familiar with local health departments and agencies, cover a major medical meeting in Atlanta, visit laboratories and have the opportunity to participate in the annual meeting of the Association of Health Care Journalists in Seattle. Multimedia storytelling is encouraged and the class requires a weekly blog and four articles. One assignment requires you to collaborate with advanced photojournalism students to prepare a story package for publication. Basic news and feature writing prerequisites, either JRMC 8350 “Special Topics, Graduate Newsroom” or undergraduate journalism courses, are required. 3 hours credit. For additional information: Professor Patricia Thomas Knight Chair in Health & Medical Journalism Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, Room 254 [email protected] www.grady.uga.edu/knighthealth (706) 542-1978
