NEW ONLINE NETWORK-ALL ABOUT HEALTH

The Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) has launched a new online network aimed at European health journalists. The Covering Europe section of its website has been set up to encourage European writers to share links, queries and articles. The pages will form the basis of a new professional network from the association, says a release from the AHCJ. The new initiative is a move to reach more health care journalists outside of the US, where the AHCJ's membership is predominantly based, and will include an email discussion list for European journalists and links directory. The European network will be co-ordinated by British journalist John Lister, who works as a senior lecturer in health journalism at Coventry University. "Many European health journalists have developed expertise, experience and valuable contacts that they are willing to share with others, and we can all learn more about how our own issues at national level fit into a rapidly changing European context," says Lister in the release.