The Medical Journalists’ Association has a membership of more than 400 health and medical writers, broadcasters and editors. We are based in the UK and exist to promote excellence in journalism, encourage and support our membership and provide opportunities for networking.

Upcoming MJA Events

• MJA Annual Christmas Quiz and Party

  December 10 @ 7:00 pm - 10:30 pm

News

• Bernard Dixon: a brilliant editor and occasional bomb-maker - Lawrence McGinty remembers a legendary health journalist: Bernard Dixon, who died on 30 October, was my editor at New Scientist for seven years, during which time I learned my trade Read more...

Events

• The Shaun supremacy - Serial-award-winner Shaun Lintern picked up  — virtually — our headline award for Outstanding Contribution to Health or Medical Journalism at the 2020 MJA Awards. This award celebrates the very best Read more...

Blogs

• It’s great to have some good news on Covid-19 - For me, one of the best things about being a health and medical journalist is that we get to write stories that make a real difference to people’s lives. It Read more...

Awards Latest

• Winners announced MJA Awards 2020 - 2020 has been anything but normal and sadly the highlight of our calendar, the MJA Awards Ceremony was a virtual event this year which you can watch on our website. Read more...

Resources

• COVID-19 risk — useful paper by Professor David Spiegelhalter - Numbers you can trust: click here  to read Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter’s analysis of the risk of dying from COVID-19, published in the British Medical Journal. You’ll find more about Read more...

Member Benefits

• More reasons to join the MJA - Membership of the Medical Journalists’ Association brings a host of benefits. These include discounts for subscriptions to New Scientist, books published by the MIT press and even car hire. We have Read more...

Work and Money

• Let’s stamp out 60-day payment terms - We know that for many freelance members, chasing payments is a perennial problem, and there seems to be no end to the hoops and barriers to navigate before payment is Read more...

Gallery

• Watch the 2020 MJA Awards -   If you weren’t able to watch the MJA Awards in real time, you can catch up with our virtual ceremony here. Congratulations to everyone who made the shortlists, to Read more...