The Center for Health Journalism Offers Fellowships

 

Our 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.

Our program places strong emphasis on the ways in which environmental and community conditions can influence how long and how well we live. 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.

Fellows join us for a busy in-person learning intensive, where they have a chance to have intimate conversations with nationally renowned health experts, policy analysts and community health leaders, from top journalists in the field, and from each other. That’s followed by ongoing mentoring and virtual meetings to support Fellows across the finish line.

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 are also eligible and encouraged to apply for engagement grants that support new community-journalism partnerships.

The 2023 National Fellowship Week will take place at the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles from July 16-20. The deadline to apply is May 5.

Click here for additional information on the program.

Click here to fill out the Fellowship Interest form.

Source: USC Annenberg/Center for Health Journalism