New Media Awards 2007 Atos Origin

Joe Fernandez

http://www.e-health-media.com

Nominated in Young innovator award category.

Joe is the dedicated reporter for E-Health Insider and an assistant reporter for E-Health Insider Primary Care. He has the responsibility for writing new stories everyday, composing the two weekly news bulletin newsletters and uploading fresh copy onto to the websites daily to cater to the specific audience. Having only graduated in the summer, he has worked very hard to ensure that the website remains updated and fresh - despite not having a health background. Cheerful, but accurate, Joe is a valuable team member and keeps readers and advertisers enthused with the E-Health Media portal and deserves recognition for his efforts.

1 nomination from readers

  • Since joining E-Health Media in August, Joe has been a hard working, determined member of the team and has worked hard to help keep the news material on site up to date and hot off the press. He has been a sharp and reliable reporter for the company and has helped us deal with bread and butter press releases as well as talking regularly with his many contacts he has made since joining the company. A graduate journalist, Joe had no previous experience of healthcare or technology journalism, but has taken to the theme like a duck to water and has helped to churn out great copy that keeps the site ahead of its competitors. His material reaches out to the healthcare IT community, and has helped start many a debate amongst our readers. Most recently, his investigative skills into the National Programme for IT has helped gain the website recognition n the recently released House of Commons Public Accounts Committee report into the programme. He has also had material picked up by many rival websites as well as the national newspapers and wire services such as Reuters. In March, he attended the Healthcare Computing conference where he truly established himself and the company amongst a group of existing and new readers, suppliers and advertisers. His friendly and approachable manner has helped the company to grow in reputation amongst advertisers and have helped the company to grow and prosper. Joe has also helped make E-Health Media a major UK source for Healthcare IT news and information source. 22,000 readers now take note of his copy and hot debates are sparked from coverage such as this. He helped with recent Private Eye coverage and continues to highlight problems and compliments with regards to the UK’s biggest civilian IT project as it continues to progress.

    Nominated by Lindsey Colgan, 17 April 2007