Knight International Health Fellow Mercedes Sayagues talked with IJNet recently about the challenges that exist for health journalists all over the world. At the top of the list, she says, are topics that are taboo - difficult to report because editors are often worried about publishing or broadcasting content that might be offensive. But she also sees hope in digital innovations that can make it easier to get important information out quickly.
A young reporter trainee and I were in northern Mozambique to investigate conditions at the health clinics there. What we found outside one clinic required immediate, life-saving action. (Video by Mercedes Sayagues)
A young reporter trainee and I were in northern Mozambique to investigate conditions at the health clinics there. What we found outside one clinic required immediate, life-saving action. (Video by Mercedes Sayagues)
When we saw her outside the health clinic, Fatima Namangana was contorted with pain and so sick she might not have survived the night. (Photo by Mercedes Sayagues)
