Health Media Jobs and Opportunities: Apply for a New America Media fellowship

There are still a few days left to apply for New America Media's Women Immigrants Fellowship, which offers training and a stipend for your reporting project. In addition, check out the newest job listings; health publications nationwide are on the lookout for bloggers, reporters and editors.

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Featured Fellowship

2012 NAM Women Immigrants Fellowship, New America Media
Eligibility: Open to bloggers and online journalists.
Deadline: Jan. 23, 2012
From the Website: "New America Media is offering a fellowship program covering immigrant women's issues for journalists within the United States, with funding support from The Atlantic Philanthropies. This fellowship will be made up of two parts: 1) participation in a two-day training program to be held in Washington, D.C. on Thursday and Friday, April 19-20, 2012; and 2) the publication of an in-depth, substantive story (or series) focusing on the challenges and/or triumphs of immigrant women in the United States, before August 30, 2012."

New Job and Internship Listings

Director of Communications, Comprehensive Health/Clinical Health Solutions (via JournalismJobs)
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Status: Full Time
Medium: Other

Senior Designer, Medic Mobile
Location: San Francisco, CA
Status: Full Time
Medium: Other

Associate Editor, Wolters Kluwer
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full Time
Medium: Print, Online

Health Care Reporter, POLITICO (via JournalismJobs)
Location: Arlington, VA
Status: Full Time
Medium: Online

Associate Editor, California Healthline and iHealthBeat
Location: Washington, DC
Status: Full Time
Medium: Online

Freelance Journalist, Health IT, iHealthBeat, The Advisory Board Company (via JournalismJobs)
Location: Flexible
Status: Commission/Contract
Medium: Online

Diet/Wellness Blogger, U.S. News & World Report
Location: Washington, DC
Status: Full Time
Medium: Online

Freelance Writer, Everyday Health (via Ed2010)
Location: Flexible
Status: Freelance
Medium: Online

Freelance Blogger, Z-LIFE Magazine (via Ed2010)
Location: Flexible
Status: Freelance
Medium: Online

Contract Editorial Assistant, Parenting.com (via Ed2010)
Location: New York, NY
Status: Freelance
Medium: Online

(201) Health Freelance Writer, (201) Health (via Ed2010)
Location: Bergen County, NJ
Status: Freelance
Medium: Print, Online

Writer/Editor, Health & Wellness Company.Author (via craigslist)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Status: Telecommute
Medium: Print, Online

Fellowships and Grants

The Lab at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Investigative Journalist Fellowship, Harvard University
Eligibility: The ideal candidate has a minimum of 5 years of investigative reporting experience, though those with less experience will be considered.
Deadline: Feb. 1, 2012
From the Website: "Launched in 2010, the Lab is a five-year research project to study the phenomenon of 'institutional corruption.' 'Institutional corruption' refers not to bribery, or other familiar violations of law or ethics. It refers instead to influences within an economy of influence that tend to (1) weaken the effectiveness of an institution, especially by (2) weakening public trust of the institution. The institutions within which the Lab is exploring these phenomena include any significant public institution that depends for its success in part at least upon a substantial level of public trust. Such institutions can be either public or private, and if private, then either for-profit or not-for-profit. They include among others the academy, public health institutions, the financial services industry, the elected state judiciary, media (public and private), and Congress."

Projects

Borderlands, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
Eligibility: Proposals of no more than 500 words and a travel budget.
Deadline: Feb. 6, 2012
From the Website: "For the e-books project, we are looking for experienced writers who can deliver rich narrative and thoughtful analysis on how borders shape the way people in various parts of the world experience their lives. The reporting should focus on one border or one region."

Awards

Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism, Association of Health Care Journalists
Eligibility: All entries must have been published or broadcast for the first time during the 2011 calendar year.
Deadline: For the early-bird rates ($30 members, $55 nonmembers), entries must be received by Jan. 3, 2012. Regular-rate entries ($50 members, $75 nonmembers) must be received no later than Feb. 3, 2012.
From the Website: "Entries can include a wide range of health coverage including public health, consumer health, medical research, the business of health care and health ethics. The new topic categories are Business*, Investigative*, Consumer/Feature*, Public Health, and Health Policy. Those marked with an asterisk are divided by size of the publication/outlet."

The Reporting Award, NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute
Eligibility: Excludes NYU affiliates, recent NYU graduates and journalists employed by established media outlets.
Deadline: Jan. 31, 2012
From the Website: "The Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University is now accepting applications for The Reporting Award of 2012 for a significant work of journalism in any medium on an under-reported topic in the public interest."

2012 Science in Society Journalism Awards, National Association of Science Writers
Eligibility: Any writer (or team) is eligible to submit one entry in each category.
Deadline: Feb. 1, 2012
From the Website: "NASW established the Science in Society awards to provide recognition-without subsidy from any professional or commercial interest-for investigative or interpretive reporting about the sciences and their impact on society. NASW especially encourages entries of critical, probing pieces that would not receive an award from an interest group. NASW will award separate cash prizes of $2,500 for writing judged best in each of four categories: books, commentary or opinion, science reporting, and science reporting for a local or regional audience."

Health Care Research and Journalism Awards, NIHCM Foundation
Eligibility: Entries must originally have been published or aired in 2011. Additional eligibility guidelines specific to award categories can be found on the website.
Deadline: Feb. 12, 2012
From the Website: "Advances in health policy find their foundation in academic research and are achieved through public discourse facilitated by the media. To recognize the critical role both the research and journalism communities play in the health care system, each year NIHCM Foundation presents awards for outstanding work in health care research and journalism."

2011 Hillman Prizes, The Hillman Foundation
Eligibility: Work produced, published, broadcast, or exhibited in 2010.
Deadline: Jan. 31, 2012
From the Website: "Since 1950, the Sidney Hillman Foundation has honored journalists who pursue investigative reporting and deep storytelling in the public interest. Our six categories will include books (non-fiction), reporting in newspaper, magazine, and blogs, film and broadcast journalism (includes television and radio), and photojournalism. The contest is open to journalists and subjects globally, although work must be published in the U.S."