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Thursday, October 10, 2013

Assn. of Health Care Journalists has information to help you cover the health insurance business

The Association of Health Care Journalists, a nonprofit membership organization devoted to improving health care reporting, will add "Insurance" as a core curriculum topic on its website to help journalists better understand the topic.

"Understanding health insurance in the United States has just gotten tougher," Len Bruzzese, executive director of AHCJ and its Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism, said in an email. "The implementation of health reform means reporters need an even firmer grasp on what's out there so they can assist the public."

The new section on the website will provide an organized collection of materials on the topic as well as useful daily advice from a lead editor who specializes in the topic. Joseph Burns, who has been covering health care since 1991, is AHCJ's topic leader for covering insurance. He and Pia Christensen, AHCJ's managing editor for online services, locate the recent information, edit submissions and make the site easy to search.

"The insurance industry is complex and in the midst of a landmark transformation as companies adjust to doing business under the Affordable Care Act and meet pressures to provide high quality care at lower costs," Christensen said. "Our resources will help journalists understand the insurance business, track important trends, find the untold stories and explain it all to their readers, viewers and listeners." For the AHCJ site, click here.

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