Thanks to a $50,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the College of Communications conducted a two-day conference for reporters designed to enhance reporting of health and medical news by journalists.

"Improving our Health News Coverage"
Streaming audio and visual from the conference follows in Quicktime format.
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Kickoff Address: With Donald Barlett and James B. Steele
Breakout Session: With Donald Barlett and James B. Steele
Session 1, Outbreak: With John Pope (reporter) and Mark Young, MD
Session 2, Dis-Insuring America's Doctors: With Edward H. Dench, MD, and Paul Raeburn, former Science editor
Session 3, Dealing with Death: With Michael Williams, MD, and Stacey Burling, Philadelphia Inquirer
Session 4, Razor's Edge: With Marak Mirski, MD, and Rick Weiss
Session 5, What Hospitals Can't Tell You Anymore: With Alicia Mitchell and Deborah Saline