RxReport: A journalism hub for health care providers.
Training health care providers to become scientific journalists: 1) to root medical communication in facts and lived experience and 2) to give stake to frontline workers in health policy, equity, and structural change.
Keywords: journalism, civic medicine, public health, health equity, advocacy, health policy
Scientific journalism is facing major challenges with reporter job cuts and the spread of misinformation (Priyadarshini 2025, Stelter 2025). Simultaneously, 1 in 2 physicians report feeling burnt out, with a leading reason being feeling powerless and disempowered in creating substantial change in the health care system (AMA 2025; Physicians Foundation 2025). To bridge the gap in scientific journalism and health care provider involvement in social change, we present RxReport: an initiative rooted in civic medicine and storytelling.
Skillset needs: We are two medical students looking to expand our focus to other disciplines that can support the growth of our scientific journalism initiative. We are looking for students across interdisciplinary areas, including: 1) health policy, 2) journalism, 3) data science, and 4) website development/ communications.
For our next steps, we envision:
Forming an Advisory Board of health care providers with expertise in journalism.
Hosting journalism workshops for the broader scientific community.
Conducting mixed methods research on the needs of health care providers that can be addressed through journalistic outputs.
Creating and disseminating resources to facilitate training in scientific journalism.
Contact: Siwaar Abouhala