The road to health is paved with bad conventions
Health journalists, academics and media trainers from across Africa met at Rhodes University on June 18 and 19 to discuss new challenges confronting them, and strategies to overcome such obstacles. Health journalist and trainer Mia Malan
Telling health stories has become one of the toughest jobs in journalism.
Healthcare is now the largest industry in the world, exceeding even the arms and oil trades. Such rapid expansion has resulted in the healthcare sector becoming increasingly politicised, with journalists expected to report incisively on an industry that is becoming ever more complex. Read on.
