When you stop calling yourself a beginner, you will take your career more seriously. You’ll grow faster and gain confidence in your abilities.
The pros and cons of hourly rates
Wondering if it’s better to charge per hour or per project? Here are the pros and cons of hourly rates for freelance health writers.
6 tips to help you write clearly about COVID-19
To alleviate pandemic-related anxiety, aim to provide clear, factual communication that supports health literacy.
3 questions to help you choose a niche for your freelance health & medical writing business
Three essential questions to help you focus and pick the right niche.
Writing about controversial health topics: Achieving a fair and balanced approach
How do you ensure your writing is fair and balanced? Here’s what you need to know if you’re writing about controversial health topics.
How to write effective subheadings for your health content
Subheadings are essential for structure and readability. Here’s how to write effective subheadings that engage your readers and promote literacy.
How to write engaging bullet points
Bullet points enhance your health and medical content. Here’s how to use them.
Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy Checklist: Free download
Do you want best-practice strategies for addressing vaccine hesitancy? This checklist captures essential evidence-based techniques for communicating clearly about vaccination.
Medical editing: Getting started
Editing is a mindset.
What does a health writer do?
A quick overview of what a health writer does every day to help you decide if it’s the right career choice for you.
Effective public health messaging: Lessons from the pandemic
What lessons can we learn from the public health messaging in the last year? Here’s what behavioural research shows us about how people respond to public health messages.
Managing infodemics: Lessons from the WHO
From October to December 2020, more than 5000 invited participants consulted through dialogues, workshops and webinars to identify challenges and solutions to the COVID-19 infodemic.
110+ websites that accept health article pitches (paid and unpaid)
Your guide to getting published in 2021 and beyond.
Becoming a freelance health writer right out of college: It IS possible
Have you bought into the lie that you need an “adult job” before you can begin a career as a freelance health writer? We’re here to bust that myth completely.
Embracing virtual conferences: 5 lessons from AMWA 2020
You can find opportunities to network and learn, even when the conference is virtual.