We believe health is an essential part of every story.
We believe impact reporting leads to healthier communities.
We believe engagement and diversity enrich journalism.
What We Do
Meet Our Journalists
For nearly two decades, we have been building a diverse community of practice, advancing careers, and building the capacity of newsrooms to tell health stories.
Lily Altavena
Connecting with other journalists also pursuing ambitious projects helped motivate us to complete our own. The Fellowship's experts and other Fellows helped us craft an impactful series.
Javier Rojas
Coming into this project, I had never tackled a systemic issue on a large scale like this before. It's something that can be intimidating at times, especially coming from an under-resourced newsroom. Moving forward, I'm excited to apply many of the lessons I learned during my project.
Kathleen McGrory
The Center for Health Journalism’s National Fellowship helped propel my career to the next level. The program gave me the skills and confidence to execute an ambitious, data-driven reporting project that broke new ground in my state. I recommend this essential training to any journalist working in the public health space.
Annika Hom
From ideas to how to organize a large story, to constructive discussions about how to make a story ask the right questions and become impactful, this program has immensely helped my work as a journalist.
Breanna Reeves
This Fellowship gave me the confidence and tools to pursue more in-depth stories about health challenges that impact Californians.
Noah Abrams
The Fellowship helped me feel part of a larger endeavor and reminded me that no matter the size of your newsroom or scope of your coverage, issues that you hear about on the national news are felt locally, and reporting on them with a deep respect for people and place makes the greatest impact.
Rebecca Lindstrom's reporting on gaps in Georgia's mental and behavioral health care system prompted major reforms. Her participation in the Data Fellowship was critical in helping her tell these stories.
Resources for Journalists
From high-impact reporting and lessons from the field, to illuminating essays and timely webinars, go deeper with the Center’s wide library of offerings.
