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.

News

• View from the chair: We need clear communications on Covid-19 - UPDATE: Since writing this, the Chief Scientist and Chief Medical Officer have briefed specialists at the Science Media Centre on camera. Things move fast. LM MJA Chair, Lawrence McGinty on the Read more...

Events

• Science and spice, and everything precise - The MJA ‘brains trust’ battled it out in a virtual quiz that stretched the grey matter from knowledge of pioneering medical figures to the Spice Girls back catalogue. The fun 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

• Awards 2020: Winners to be announced live online - The MJA has had to take the difficult decision to cancel the Awards Ceremony in 2020. Our discussions with the venue made it clear that even by October we would Read more...

Resources

• Open newsroom: Race, inequality and Covid-19 - MJA members are invited to join a Bureau of Investigative Journalism  open newsroom which will explore how race and inequality are influencing the impact of Covid-19. The newsroom is taking 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

• Could you help organise MJA events? - Are you a born organiser? Are you bursting with bright ideas for MJA events? And  do you have the spare time and skills to translate those great ideas into events Read more...

Gallery

• Edelman supports excellence by sponsoring an MJA Award - Eleanor Read, Edelman’s Co-Lead Health, Business Strategy, and Senior Account Manager Nathan McGlone on the agency’s committment to supporting excellence in health and medical journalism through sponsorship of the Medical Read more...