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Writing about COVID-19

Insights and writing strategies to help you write responsibly about COVID-19.

6 tips to help you write clearly about COVID-19

LAST UPDATED June 16, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED June 8, 2021 | BY Michelle Guillemard

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.

Filed Under: Health writing, Writing about COVID-19

writing about controversial health topics

LAST UPDATED June 17, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED April 27, 2021 | BY Hafsa Abdirahman MPH

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.

Filed Under: Health writing, Writing about COVID-19

addressing vaccine hesitancy checklist

LAST UPDATED June 7, 2022 | FIRST PUBLISHED February 24, 2021 | BY Michelle Guillemard

Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy Checklist

Do you want best-practice strategies for addressing vaccine hesitancy? This checklist captures essential evidence-based techniques for communicating clearly about vaccination.

Filed Under: Health communication research, Health writing, Writing about COVID-19

LAST UPDATED June 16, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED February 8, 2021 | BY Hafsa Abdirahman MPH

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.

Filed Under: Health writing, Writing about COVID-19

infodemic

LAST UPDATED June 16, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED January 18, 2021 | BY Natricha Levy McFarlane

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.

Filed Under: Health writing, Writing about COVID-19

combatting infodemics

LAST UPDATED June 16, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED October 30, 2020 | BY Natricha Levy McFarlane

Combatting infodemics: Here’s how health communicators can help

In addition to public health agencies, health communicators also have a responsibility to help combat infodemics related to health. So, how can we help?

Filed Under: Health writing, Writing about COVID-19

LAST UPDATED June 16, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED October 6, 2020 | BY Hafsa Abdirahman MPH

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: How to convey accurate information

Re-examining vaccine hesitancy in light of the current pandemic.

Filed Under: Writing about COVID-19

Racism is a Public Health Problem: Here’s how health writers can talk about it.

LAST UPDATED March 21, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED July 29, 2020 | BY Hafsa Abdirahman MPH

Racism is a public health problem: Here’s how health writers can talk about it

Hafsa Abdirahman discusses the toll of COVID-19 on Black and Brown communities and the lessons health writers can learn from it.

Filed Under: Health writing, Writing about COVID-19

successful pitch main image

LAST UPDATED July 29, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED June 9, 2020 | BY Marwa Saleh

My first successful pitch: A beginner writer’s story

Marwa Saleh published her first article, about COVID-19 and burnout, in a Harvard Medical School blog called Lean Forward. Here’s how that happened.

Filed Under: Getting started as a health writer, Growing your career, Health writing, Writing about COVID-19

LAST UPDATED March 21, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED June 1, 2020 | BY Hafsa Abdirahman MPH

COVID-19 and the rush to publish: How to find reliable research

As health writers, we have to do our due diligence to ensure we are citing reliable and scientifically accurate sources.

Filed Under: Health communication research, Health writing, Writing about COVID-19

social media research strategies

LAST UPDATED November 10, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED May 8, 2020 | BY Carla Eisenstein

Social media research strategies for health writers

Experts are talking on social media, and you can listen.

Filed Under: Health writing, Writing about COVID-19

Health writing opportunities in a-COVID-19 world

LAST UPDATED March 21, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED April 15, 2020 | BY Michelle Guillemard

Health writing opportunities in a COVID-19 world

Ready to finally hear some good news? Health writing is a stable career pathway that will survive and potentially thrive during and after this pandemic.

Filed Under: Freelance health writing, Getting started as a health writer, Growing your career, Writing about COVID-19

responsible reposting

LAST UPDATED June 7, 2022 | FIRST PUBLISHED April 8, 2020 | BY Carla Eisenstein

Responsible reposting: How to find and share quality COVID-19 information on social media

Health writers have an opportunity to be a voice of reason in a chorus of misleading medical information.

Filed Under: Health writing, Writing about COVID-19

how to write about epidemics

LAST UPDATED March 21, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED March 17, 2020 | BY Hafsa Abdirahman MPH

How to write about epidemics: Experts share their advice

Tips for health and medical writers on how to write responsibly and avoid spreading misinformation.

Filed Under: Health writing, Writing about COVID-19

how to write about coronavirus

LAST UPDATED June 16, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED March 4, 2020 | BY Michelle Guillemard

Health communication best practices – a timely reminder

In a public health crisis like COVID-19, health communicators face multiple challenges and pressures – but we must remember the best-practices of responsible health reporting.

Filed Under: Health writing, Writing about COVID-19

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