By Carolyn Crist
Georgia Health News | May 13, 2013
Sara Schopper was doubled over with pain from gallstones when she arrived last May at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nev. To make things even worse, she had no health insurance.
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By Julianne Wyrick
Georgia Health News | May 16, 2013
In Athens, a city where 35 percent of residents live in poverty, many people can neither afford health insurance premiums nor pay out of pocket for services.
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Why HMJ at UGA Matters and What it Takes
The best health and medical journalism can change policy and help people choose wisely — at the doctor's office, in the grocery store and in the voting booth.
Graduate students in Grady's MA program generate high-impact stories for print, television, web and wireless, while gaining expertise in disciplines from public health to environmental science.
Inquisitive, tough-minded idealists with bachelor's or higher degrees in science, liberal arts or journalism are invited to apply.
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Empowering Communities through
Health and Medical Journalism
Students learn to cover health and medicine for any market or audience in this professional masters program endowed by the Knight Foundation. A rigorous academic program, hands-on experience, and flexible electives prepare students to understand health issues during changing times.
- Develop the skills and skepticism needed to cover health and medicine anywhere in the world, for any audience, in any medium.
- Learn that every story is really about people, whether it involves a rural clinic or a neuroscience lab.
To see what our currents students are working on, visit the Student Portfolios.
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