Hammad Aslam: Moving Forward

by Chelsea Toledo

HMJatUGA's YouTube Channel May 1, 2012

What a difference a year makes! 2nd-year medical student Hammad Aslam shares how he's changed since entering medical school in 2010, just one year after a car accident left him paralyzed from the waist down. Featured: Hammad Aslam & Donald Scott. Written, filmed & edited by Chelsea Toledo. Fall 2010 footage from "Hammad Aslam- 1st Year" by Sonya Collins. Additional footage by Yanli Liu and Michael Posey. Still images by UGA Photographic Services.

 

.

 

Does CSI Undermine Common Sense In The Jury Box

by Jessica Luton

Like the Dew May 8, 2012

If real-life technology solved crimes as easily as the methods seen on “CSI” and similar TV shows, there’d be a lot more convictions for criminal offenses in the U.S. “CSI,” which Nielson says consistently draws more than 10 million viewers a week, takes fans to a world where forensic investigators obtain damning evidence with lightning speed, using tools and methods that sometimes aren’t actually available.



     

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.

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.

HMJ Graduate Students:

  • 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.

Divider Healthy Journalism Blog