British Journalism Review March, 2016.
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British Medical Journal. April 7. 2016
When patients give media interviews at vulnerable times in their lives, they share something precious of themselves, often out of a desire to help others, Such patients merit the utmost consideration – but they don't always get it.
BMJ 2016; 353 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i1948
GP May 26, 2016
Preparing for and giving media interviews.
http://www.gponline.com/doctors-prepare-media-interviews/article/1396278
British Medical Journal June 1. 2016
Charcot – one of the world's best science communicators.
http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2016/06/01/remembering-jean-martin-charcot-the-napoleon-of-neuroses/
Medical Journalists' Association Feature of the Year Award (for a specialist audience) June 23. 2016
Article in British Journalism Review.
http://bjr.sagepub.com/content/26/3/37.full.pdf+html
Nursing Standard June 23. 2016
How to do well in a media interview.
https://rcni.com/nursing-standard/features/how-come-across-well-media-interview-57966
UK Press Gazette June 28. 2016
Extending the balance-in-journalism debate to the mainstream media
The Hippocratic Post July 29. 2016
Controversy is usually more of an opportunity than a threat to a well prepared media interviewee.
http://www.hippocraticpost.com/lifestyle/making-good-impression/
HealthWatch August 25, 2016
Mother Teresa of Calcutta is reported to have said: “If I look at the mass, I will never act. If I look at the one, I will.”This observation coined a new phrase—the Mother Teresa effect—about the power of people stories. It has been cited in research into what persuades donors to give to charity. The results may disappoint researchers and clinicians who rely on the power of numbers—the statistical, the methodological, the analytical and the objective.
https://www.healthwatch-uk.org/images/Newsletters/Number_102_Highlights.pdf
Sunday Times (Raconteur supplement) September 18, 2016
Cure for inherited blindness could be within reach
https://www.raconteur.net/healthcare/cure-for-inherited-blindness-could-be-within-reach
The Times (Raconteur supplement) May 10, 2017
CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing: timeline of scientific discovery
https://www.raconteur.net/healthcare/timeline-of-scientific-discovery-gene-editing
The Times (Raconteur supplement) July 28, 2017
Teach your children oral health
https://www.raconteur.net/healthcare/teach-your-children-oral-health