COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 18 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following commentary on July 16, 2024: * * * Comprehensive, State-by-State Violent Death Data Helps Explain Firearm Violence Trends By Kaitlin Washburn On the firearm violence beat, it's crucial to have comprehensive data -- but it's often the most difficult part of reporting. We've covered this problem before at AHCJ, and offered sources of good data. Another of those sources is the National Violent Death  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 18 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following commentary on July 16, 2024: * * * How Providers Avoid Complying With the No Surprises Act By Joseph Burns Since 2022, the No Surprises Act has helped protect consumers from unforeseen medical bills when patients visit in-network hospitals. But, as journalists heard during a session at HJ24 last month, physicians and other providers have ways to evade compliance. Three experts explained the challe  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 18 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following commentary on July 16, 2024: * * * Why Muting is a 'Quiet Revolution' By Sydney Sims, Georgia Health Reporter Fellowship While it may seem like everybody is dragged (a form of cyberbulling) on social media these days, there's a simple way to silence the noise: muting. Keren Landman, M.D., senior health reporter for Vox and an epidemiologist, said she discovered the value of muting when she was per  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 18 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following Q&A on July 16, 2024, with Associated Press journalist Ryan Foley and medical writer Carla Johnson: * * * By Mary Chris Jaklevic Amid growing attention to the use of deadly force by police, the danger of administering sedatives to restrain people in police custody has largely gone unrecognized. Associated Press journalists Ryan Foley, a reporter based in Iowa City, Iowa, and medical writer Carla Jo  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 18 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following news: By Barbara Mantel * * * Top-tier research doesn't begin and end with a quick check on Google. The best in our business comb the LexisNexis news archives for information and tap its massive database to find potential sources and reach them by phone or email. In this webinar, you'll learn how award-winning journalists conduct deep-dive backgrounding on people and subjects, how they get names an  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 18 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following Q&A on July 17, 2024, with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof: * * * By Liz Seegert New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof details many lessons learned about life and about his storied journalism career in his memoir "Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life." Kristof spoke about his experiences chasing the news as a journalist and about his faith in humanity in his keynote address at Health Journa  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, July 18 -- Clean Fuels Alliance America issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Clean Fuels Alliance America delivered a formal notice of intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for its failure to issue timely 2026 Renewable Fuel Standards. By statute, EPA is required to finalize volumes 14 months before the start of the compliance year; for 2026, that deadline would come at the end of October this year. On June 28, the W  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 (TNSres) -- The Semiconductor Industry Association issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer applauding semiconductor manufacturing incentives announced by the U.S. Department of Commerce and GlobalWafers. The incentives, which are part of the CHIPS and Science Act, will support the development of semiconductor wafer production in Texas and Mi  more