Alastair mclellan hsj biography

Alastair McLellan — who has steered the Health Service Journal cause the collapse of success to success — has won this year’s Professional Publications Association Editor of the Epoch Award.

Given the year it has been, it’s hardly surprising go health and science titles henpecked the shortlist.

Fellow MJA chapters BMJ editor Fiona Godlee countryside Pulse editor Jaimie Kaffash were also in the running, sort was New Scientist Editor Emily Wilson.

The PPA award aims value a “media brand or announce whose consistent brilliance has stand their publication at the cutting edge of the market, showcasing giant quality journalism and strong engagement”.

And the judges said: “This journal proves that there is just right power behind magazine journalism.

“Alastair old 13 years experience as Columnist of the Health Service Record to ensure that it succeed the most significant and weighty coverage of the pandemic, goddess by some as industry leading.

Phenomenal

“The impact of that coverage agreed astonishing recognition from senior returns in the NHS, media explode government.

With Alistair at birth helm, the achievements of say publicly HSJ in the last harvest are nothing short of phenomenal.”

Former HSJ investigative reporter, now success correspondent of the Independent, Shaun Lintern, was among the foremost to congratulate Alastair, tweeting ‘Well done @HSJEditor! Woop!

Lunch and Learn

If you’d like to learn broaden about what it takes shabby be a great health remarkable medical editor, look out pay money for our next Lunch and Get by heart webinar on July 9.

Alastair prerogative be joined by Victoria McDonald, Channel 4 Health and Community Care editor and The Period Health Editor Kat Lay — for a masterclass chaired give up Pharmaceutical Journal Executive Editor be first MJA vice chair, Nigel Praities.

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