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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
Creating broadcast quality podcasts from home: an MJA webinar
November 10 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
News
Cystic Fibrosis Trust wins MJA Award for Excellence in PR - The Cystic Fibrosis Trust beat tough competition from some of the UK’s leading communications agencies to win the coveted MJA Award for Excellence in PR. Their winning campaign was a 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...
Have your say:
Latest health news
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Covid-19: PM set to announce four-week England lockdown
on October 31, 2020 at 6:17 pm
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Covid-19 in the UK: How many coronavirus cases are there in your area?
on October 31, 2020 at 6:04 pm
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Covid: When will it be over and we can do this again?
on October 31, 2020 at 12:22 am
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Covid spreading faster in England than 'worst-case scenario', documents show
on October 30, 2020 at 7:09 pm
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...
