Greater Boston Area
- Current
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- Producer, Health Page at ABCNews.com
- Past
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- Editor, Cosmetic Surgery & Beauty Magazine at The Writers' Publishing House Sdn Bhd
- Freelance Radio News Producer at Duke University News MedMinute
- Medical News Researcher at ABC News National Medical Unit
- Staff Writer at The Daily Courier
- Education
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Wake Forest University
- Connections
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Dan Childs’s Summary
I am a medical journalist with more than 7 years of professional experience in communicating issues in medicine to the public. My portfolio spans print, radio, television and Internet venues, and these works have been published on local, statewide, national and international levels. Currently, I work with the ABC News Medical Unit in Boston as producer of the Health Page of ABCNews.com. Prior to this, I was editor of Asia's first-ever internationally-distributed consumer magazine on cosmetic surgery, which is published in three languages. I have also contributed to numerous publications, including the Australian Cosmetic Surgery Magazine, Harper's BAZAAR Malaysia and The New Straits Times. My focus lies in reporting cutting edge issues in medicine and health. In the future I aim to continue to produce medical news on the network level.
Dan Childs’s Specialties:
Medical Journalism
Dan Childs’s Experience
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Producer, Health Page
ABCNews.com
(Public Company; Media Production industry)
November 2006 — Present (2 years 9 months)
-- Responsible for management and maintenance of Health section of major network news website.
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Editor, Cosmetic Surgery & Beauty Magazine
The Writers' Publishing House Sdn Bhd
(Publishing industry)
October 2002 — November 2006 (4 years 2 months)
-- Provided editorial direction and oversaw publication of Cosmetic Surgery and Beauty, Asia's first-ever consumer magazine devoted to the field of medical aesthetics.
-- Led editorial team in research and reporting of cutting-edge issues in cosmetic surgery.
-- Built and maintained professional relationships with surgeons, companies and organizations on the international cosmetic surgery scene.
-- Wrote articles on topics of interest in cosmetic surgery and aesthetic medicine.
-- Single-handedly planned and scripted segments for pilot episode of Asia's first-ever cosmetic surgery TV program.
-- Aided in production, organization, editing and marketing of prospective series.
-- Co-hosted pilot episode of show with international media personality Lorraine Hahn. -
Freelance Radio News Producer
Duke University News MedMinute
(Broadcast Media industry)
2001 — 2002 (1 year)
-- Conducted interviews with medical experts; produced scripts for minute-long radio pieces on cutting-edge medical topics which aired statewide.
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Medical News Researcher
ABC News National Medical Unit
(Public Company; Broadcast Media industry)
July 2001 — August 2001 (2 months)
-- Composed news briefs on current medical topics for World News Tonight and other ABC programs.
-- Researched medical topics to be discussed on Good Morning America by Timothy Johnson, M.D.
-- Produced six medical news stories featured on ABCNews.com website. -
Staff Writer
The Daily Courier
(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)
June 1999 — June 2000 (1 year 1 month)
-- Generated 12-14 stories per week across various beats, including science and medicine.
-- Produced four-part series profiling cancer in Rutherford County, NC, which carried the front page for one publishing week.
-- Wrote weekly editorial column.
Dan Childs’s Education
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
MA , Medical Journalism , 2000 — 2002
-- One of three students selected for the inaugural class of the nation's first-ever medical journalism program.
-- Scriptwriter for "Water Quality in the Waccamaw", a six-minute environmental documentary television segment which aired statewide on NC Now, UNC-TV, April 2002.
-- Producer of "Air Pollution and the Rural Poor", a seven-minute health documentary segment which aired statewide on NC Now, UNC-TV, December 2001.
-- Single-handedly produced three-part television documentary, "Quackery and Questionable Medicine in North Carolina". -
Wake Forest University
BS , Biology, Journalism minor , 1995 — 1999
-- Successfully completed pre-medical track of study.
Additional Information
Dan Childs’s Websites:
Dan Childs’s Interests:
Medical and science writing, medical communications, public awareness, television and other broadcast media, government health initiatives, plastic and cosmetic surgery, cancer research, pharmaceuticals, hospitals, public relations
Dan Childs’s Honors:
Roy H. Park Fellow, 2000
