November 01, 2025

Narrative Journalism: Stories to Make Points Clear and Compelling (HLOL #265)

22 minutes

Liz Seegert is an award-winning, independent journalist. Liz has written about health for more than 30 years. Her main beats include aging, women’s health, social determinants of health, and health policy. Liz’s articles have appeared in dozens of national and local media outlets including Scientific American, TIME, The American Journal of Nursing, and Web MD/Medscape. Liz is the contributing editor on aging and health equity for the Association of Healthcare Journalists (AHCJ). She also co-directs two fellowship programs–mentoring and training emerging journalists in aging and in health reporting.

Listen as Liz Seegert talks with Helen Osborne about:

Narrative Journalism. What it is and how narrative journalism uses real-life stories to make points clear and compelling.

Ways to include elements of narrative journalism in messages about health, public health, and health advocacy.

Recommendations from a journalist. These include tips for working with sources who let you share their stories. And examples of ways to respond when editors, lawyers, and others comment on your writing.

More ways to learn:

Liz Seegert: Health Journalist/Writer

Liz Seegert on LinkedIn

Liz Seegert on Bluesky

Association of Health Care Journalists Age Beat

Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message, Third Edition, by Helen Osborne. The chapter “General Public: Traditional Media” is especially relevant to this podcast

Read a transcript of this podcast.

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