"Reporting on Health Care and Health Insurance:

The Florida Story”

 

Register

Health care costs for Florida and the nation are skyrocketing.  At the same time, health plans are often inadequate to cover those who are insured. The number of uninsured is rising. Many areas of health care are experiencing what has been termed an “extreme shortage” of personnel.

Foundation for American Communications will provide background on these issues in a seminar for journalists on Tuesday, Sept. 16. "Reporting on Health Care and Health Insurance: The Florida Story" will be held at the Orlando Sentinel.

The faculty includes:

  • Paul R. Duncan, Ph.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Health Services Research at the University of Florida
  • Glen Mays, Ph.D., Chairman, Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Arkansas
  • Andrea C. Gregg, DSN, R.N., Campus Director and Associate Professor, University of Florida College of Nursing

There is no cost to attend, but participants must be registered in advance. For further details or to register, click on the links above.
 
Unfriendly Skies: Airlines in Crisis

 

Audio file now available for download

 

Airlines in Crisis audio 8-7-08

 Seminar Presentation (Kasper & Lee): Airline Industry Primerairliner

The airline industry is facing a multifaceted economic crisis: rapidly rising fuel costs, the U.S. economic slowdown, and difficulty raising capital for operations. Major airlines have responded by reducing service on some routes, abandoning service on others, idling planes, raising fares
and other charges, and laying off personnel. As a result, consumers face higher travel costs and fewer options.

FACS presented "Unfriendly Skies: Airlines in Crisis," a tele-seminar on airline industry issues. The program featured Daniel M. Kasper and Darin N. Lee, both of LECG, LLC, a company that provides expert analytical and advisory services to corporations and governments.

To download the faculty PowerPoint and the tele-seminar audio, click on the links above.
 
Pain at the Pump: What Comes Next in the Gas Price Crisis

  

 Download the audio: Gas Price Crisis

 Tele-seminar Presentation (Kaufmann): Oil and the American Way of Life 6-24-08

 

Gas prices reached an all-time high this summer. Robert K. Kaufmann, Ph.D., of Boston Universitygave a diverse group of journalists from across the country a heads up on what to expect next in the gas crisis story in this FACS tele-seminar.

Missed the tele-seminar? Listen in now -- the audio and Kaufmann's presentation are now available for download. See links above.

Kaufmann offered insight on meeting global oil demand, as well as used historical and geological data to anticipate what the future of oil use will be.
 
Covering a Drug Policy Dilemma: Prudence for Patients vs. Risky Cures

 

Download the audio: Drug Policy Dilemma

  Tele-seminar Presentation (Wittes): Drug Policy Dilemma

Downloads are now available for the FACS tele-seminar "Covering a Drug Policy Dilemma: Prudence for Patients vs. Risky Cures."

The program, featuring clinical statistics expert Janet Wittes, Ph.D., was held on June 18. Dr. Wittes is president of the Statistics Collaborative Inc. in Washington, D.C.

Audio of the tele-seminar and Dr. Wittes' presentation can be accessed by clicking on the links above.

 
 
Civil Religion: New Book Grows Out of FACS Seminar Series

religious_liberty_book.jpgThe Foundation for American Communications is pleased to announce the publication of "Religious Liberty in America: The First Amendment in Historical and Contemporary Perspective" by the University of Massachusetts Press in association with FACS.

This book by former FACSnet editor Bruce Murray is the end product of the Journalism, Religion & Public Life series of seminars produced by FACS and the Pew Charitable Trusts. These seminars explored the connections between religion and politics and how to report on them.

A draft edition of the book was circulated at the Religion Newswriters' Association convention in Miami two years ago. The new edition is substantially updated with additional research and analyses recent developments, including changes on the Supreme Court, lawsuits regarding "intelligent design" and the Pledge of Allegiance, and religious symbols in the public square.

You may order "Religious Liberty in America" on the University of Massachusetts Press Web site: http://www.umass.edu/umpress/fall_07/murray.htm