National Health Journalism Fellowship Seminar
National Fellowship Seminar Dates: October 4 - 9, 2009 2009
Application deadline is August 14, 2009.
Attendance at all seminar sessions is mandatory.
Who Can Apply:
This fellowship is open to professional print, broadcast and online journalists from around the country who have a passion for health news. We encourage participation from journalists working in general circulation and ethnic media.
How to Apply
Program Description:
The United States is rapidly becoming more diverse – today one-third of the nation’s 300 million residents are ethnic minorities. This program explores the intersection between community health, health policy and the nation’s growing diversity.
In field trips and seminars, program participants learn about health trends, policy innovations and political conflicts involving health care. Fellows emerge with a broader and more nuanced awareness of immigrant health, health disparities, access to care, farm worker health and the nation’s frayed safety net. They will gain a deeper understanding of health reform initiatives around the country – exploring how current efforts fit into a larger history of big ideas, colliding interests, and political battles.
We will explore the dynamics at play around health in our home base of Los Angeles, an international city that has been called a “proving ground” for a multicultural society. More than a hundred languages are spoken here, in the heart of the country’s most populous majority-minority state. California has the largest numbers of Asians and Latinos in the nation, and many of the health challenges, conflicts and opportunities that accompany changing demographics have been debated and legislated here for decades.
To encourage journalists and their newsrooms to aim high in reporting on health at a time of scarce resources, we offer a $2,000 stipend to fellows in this track upon completion of what are expected to be ambitious, major fellowship projects. To encourage collaboration between mainstream and ethnic media, we support applicants who propose a joint project for use by both media outlets. Each collaborator receives the stipend. This portion of our program is offered in collaboration with our partner, New America Media.
For more information, please contact Program Manager, Andrea Kobrinsky Alday at 213.437.4448.
Annenberg School for Communication
University of Southern California
3502 Watt Way
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0281
tel. (213) 740-6180
fax (213) 740-3772
