Journalism with impact is central to the Center’s fellowships, methods and mission. What does that mean? Go deeper in these stories below to see how our Fellows are putting the skills, insights and support from our program into action, reporting stories that deliver meaningful change in their communities.
Neil Bedi and Kat McGrory share how the support and training they received from the Center for Health Journalism proved essential to their award-studded careers.
Grant support from the Center's Impact Fund enabled reporter Nada Hassanein to tell the urgent story of America's maternity care deserts, despite staff layoffs and budget cuts.
The complex skills and mentoring reporter Justin Murphy gained as a Data Fellow fueled his high-impact series on the unequal distribution of trees in Rochester, New York. Major new investments soon followed.
San Antonio native Laura Garcia had a keen sense of the health inequities dividing her hometown. The National Fellowship helped her tell that story in a way that led to major changes in the city's health care landscape.
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.
When reporters across the country suddenly found themselves on Zoom instead of in the newsroom, the Center's "Covering Coronavirus" webinar series stepped in to help.
Jessica Washington knew she wanted to take a deeper look at Minnesota’s child welfare system, which disproportionately impacts Native children. She'd never taken on a major investigative project before, but a Center Fellowship gave her the skills and confidence she needed.
Arcenio López, a former farmworker turned nonprofit leader, turned to journalism to raise the profile and needs of Indigenous migrant farmworkers in California during COVID. The Center's Fellowship program helped him get those urgent stories published.
SweSwe Aye, the editor of the only Burmese language newspaper in the United States, wanted to combat rampant misinformation in her community. But with little experience in health reporting, she wasn’t sure where to start.
