Communications Specialist Iii
Chicago, Il, Us
- Research, write and edit news stories for AMA Wire, the AMA's news blog, with focus on health policy, advocacy, litigation, physician practice news, and chronic disease outcomes.- Compile AMA Morning Rounds Daily (daily newsletter) and AMA Morning Rounds Weekend, Advocacy Update, Med Ed Update.- Interview physicians on topics, including opioids epidemic, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act/Medicare reform, litigation and malpractice news, practice transformation, alternative payment models, diabetes prevention, alternative career paths for physicians, resident physician issues, physician burnout- Produce, direct and perform video interviews both live and recorded with prominent physicians on innovation, advocacy issues and the state of the physician-patient relationship- Work with media team to edit video content - Travel to conferences and health care events to provide news coverage: National Advocacy Conference, State Legislative Strategy Conference, Health 2.0, Health Datapalooza, International Conference on Physician Health, AMA Annual and Interim Meetings - Work with different business units to deliver medical news - Work closely with Advocacy team in Washington, D.C., to deliver timely information on health care policy- Oversaw revamp of weekly and daily newsletter, including improving content and increasing open and click rates- From 2015-2016, contributed to a 233% increase in site traffic
