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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.
News
Forestry champion and pharmacist share Maddox Prize
This year there are two winners of the Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science — and both have faced intense heat, literally and figuratively. They are hero by name, Read more…
Events
BMJ-ingle all the way
It takes light eight minutes and 20 seconds for light to travel from the sun to the earth, and some teams took almost as long to come up with an Read more…
Blogs
PR: pet hates and perfect pitches
Newsflash: The survey is now available for MJA members to complete. Take the survey now and be in with the chance of winning a bottle of fizz. We’ve all had Read more…
Awards
Nicholas Owen to host the 2020 MJA Awards
We’re delighted to announce that BBC broadcaster Nicholas Owen will host the 2020 Medical Journalists’ Association Awards. The Awards will open for entry on February 13, and the winners will Read more…
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Resources
The Risky Business of Reporting Risk: What’s going wrong and who’s to blame?
Event report/blog post by Ilan Goodman of The Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication In November 2019 I led a session with MJA members exploring ways to report risks from 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
Watch highlights of the 2019 MJA Awards
If you could not make the 2019 Medical Journalists’ Awards, or would like a reminder of what a great night it was, we have made a short video highlighting all Read more…
