Medico-Journalism Internship

Who are we?

TheRightDoctors, India's leading Medical Knowledge platform, is a Google Launchpad Digital Health StartUp that brings Insights from the World's Best Medical Minds to audiences worldwide. The company has received recognitions such as Google Launchpad, Berlin Bootcamp, and NASSCOM Showcase Start-Up.

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About the internship

This is a demanding, research-intensive foray into medical journalism. Fellows work closely with reporters and editors on fact-checking, research, and reporting. You’ll receive training in every aspect of the editorial process, from research tools and methods to check for plagiarism, and have opportunities to learn audio and data reporting, explore magazine feature writing, and hone your medical writing skills. You’ll attend regular skill-building sessions covering topics that span the operations of a media organization.

Editorial fellows work closely with our award-winning editors, authors and contributors. By fact-checking our features, columns, and other reported pieces, fellows re-engineer contributors' work and learn what it takes to put together a good story. Every good story will have a screenplay for its corresponding video and a podcast. Fellows will also work on our website, and podcasts, and are expected and encouraged to report on subjects including cardiology, diabetes, neurology, transplant medicine, orthopedics, anesthesiology, critical care, pain medicine, Obs & Gynae and pretty much any of the hundred-odd specialties and super specialties of modern-day medicine.

Editorial fellows get a research- and reporting-intensive foray into the life of beat reporters and editors covering the world of medicine. An immersive and fast-paced mix of fact-checking, web production, research, and blogging, the fellowship means working closely with our network of contributors and

output from medical conferences to expand coverage of Insights from the World's Best Medical Minds from across different geographies and languages.

You will also learn the ropes of reporting live updates, tracking breaking news from the world's top regulatory authorities like the USFDA, EDQM, etc, apart from world bodies like the WHO and various health ministries from across the world and country, medical content, and promoting stories through social media and other outlets.

Fellows may also become involved in various digital projects—including contributing to our podcasts, working on our newsletters, and aiding with our Industry Desk partnership—depending on interest and need.

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Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Bachelors / Masters Degree in any medical stream or currently pursuing the same

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Persons are eligible to apply who have not earned a doctoral degree at any time or in any field, have completed all other requirements for the PhD, and are at the writing stage of their dissertation work.

TheRightDoctors is especially interested in receiving applications from individuals whose research focuses on Medical Specialities/ Super Specialities, such as:

Cardiology, diabetes, neurology, transplant medicine, orthopaedics, anesthesiology, critical care, pain medicine, Obs & Gynae and pretty, much any of the hundred and ten specialities and super specialities of modern-day medicine.

Selected candidates will be expected to login 8 hours a day/ 6 days a week and will be paid a grant of 1.2 Lacs over 12 months, paid out monthly.

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Interested?

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