Deadline: 10 April 2024
The Center for Health Journalism has launched the National Fellowship to help journalists and their newsrooms report deeply and authoritatively on the health, welfare and well-being of children, families and communities.
The National Fellowship provides journalists a chance to step away from breaking news to take a deep look together at pervasive social and economic inequities in the United States, and the lasting health effects of systemic racism and exclusion on families and communities.
The program helps Fellows craft projects that engage communities from the start, and shares hard-won insights on how to land big projects that deliver maximum impact on the health and well-being of communities. These are projects that change laws and change minds.
Themes
- Here are a few broad reporting themes they support in Fellowship proposals:
- Child, youth and family well-being
- Systemic racism and root causes of health inequities
- The school-to-prison pipeline (including juvenile justice) as a health issue
- Maternal and infant health and intergenerational trauma
- The mental health of children and families
- How conditions in schools, communities, and the environment shape health
- Systemic barriers to health tied to race, poverty, and economic opportunity
- Healthcare and public health systems and design and inequitable outcomes
Funding Information
- Admitted Fellows receive:
- Reporting grants of $2,000-$10,000
- Five days of informative and stimulating discussions
- Five months of professional mentorship, including skills-building workshops
- Fellows also are eligible to apply for five months of professional mentorship in engaged journalism and $1,000-$2,000 to support those creative efforts.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Fellowships are open to professional journalists. Students are not eligible to apply.
- Freelancers are welcome to apply, but they must have a confirmed assignment with an outlet to be considered for acceptance.
- They welcome journalists from newsrooms both large and small.
- For most Fellowships, they prefer for candidates to have a minimum of three years of professional experience.
For more information, visit Center for Health Journalism.
