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The Association of Health Care Journalists is offering fellowships for reporting on health care performance to journalists who wish to pursue a significant year-long reporting project related to the U.S. health care system. It can be local or national in scope -- or a little of both, according to materials included with the announcement, which suggests a topic could be "an aspect of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act playing out in your community or subject specialty, or the impact of particular evidence-based treatments on health outcomes, or an analysis of a health care organization?s performance, using public data sets."
Newsrooms for which the fellows work need to commit to publish or air their work. Freelancers will also need to have that commitment from a news source. Guidance is provided by AHCJ fellowship leaders through seminars on health care systems, conference calls and email consultations. The fellowship covers the cost of attending the seminars and conferences, and a project allowance is available. Application deadline: Nov. 9, 2012. (Read more)
Here are some examples of the work done by those awarded fellowships in 2012:
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Association of Health Care Journalists' reporting fellowship application deadline is Nov. 9
Newsrooms for which the fellows work need to commit to publish or air their work. Freelancers will also need to have that commitment from a news source. Guidance is provided by AHCJ fellowship leaders through seminars on health care systems, conference calls and email consultations. The fellowship covers the cost of attending the seminars and conferences, and a project allowance is available. Application deadline: Nov. 9, 2012. (Read more)
Here are some examples of the work done by those awarded fellowships in 2012:
- The New Goliaths: The 2010 health law was designed to lower costs. Yet hospitals merging seems to have upped the price of care.
- Nothing to Smile About: The number of dentists is shrinking.
- In Praise of Price-Fixing: Maryland may have found an answers to health care inflation.
- Free Workshop On Health Coverage In Louisville Sept. 21; Free Lodging Available To Registrants Who Need To Come The Night Before
Journalists covering health issues in Kentucky, from drug abuse to health reform, have a chance to immerse themselves in the subject at a free one-day workshop in Louisville on Sept. 21. The workshop is sponsored by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky,...
- Herald-leader Reporter Wins Nieman Fellowship To Study At Harvard; Her Goal Is To Help Other Papers Cover Obamacare
Photo by Pablo Alcala, Lexington Herald-LeaderMary Meehan, a reporter for the Lexington Herald-Leader, has been selected for the 2016 class of Nieman fellows at Harvard University. She is one of 24 journalists chosen for this prestigious honor and will...
- Journalists Invited To Apply For Free, Four-day Obesity Fellowship
Kentucky journalists wanting to expand their knowledge on obesity, one of the most critical and widespread health issues in the state and nation, should apply for the fellowship "Obesity Issues: The Complete Skinny on Why We're Getting Fatter, What...
- Rosalynn Carter Fellowships Help Journalists Report About Mental Health; Applications Due April 16
The Carter Center Mental Health Program is providing six Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for journalists to report on a selected mental-health or mental-illness topic for one year. The center overseen by former president Jimmy Carter says its intention is...
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