Health Media Jobs and Opportunities: Extend your research opportunties and expertise with these fellowships and internships
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Featured Opportunity
Community Editor Req #017167, ReportingOnHeath.org
About: Our USC Annenberg program is seeking an experienced, creative editor to manage content and guide outreach strategy for an online professional community. Responsibilities include production and editing of content, development of community engagement efforts to generate growth in member posts, traffic and influence of site. The Community Editor will also manage daily content and social media, supervise interns, oversee the developer and stay ahead of the news cycle -- keeping informed on a broad range of health topics.
Required skills include: Strong organizational/time management and team building ability, grammar & fact checking experience, a background in health and/or health journalism, an established track record managing and building an online community and multimedia production skills.
Location: Alhambra, CA
Medium: Internet/Online/New Media
To Apply: Please submit your application for Community Editor through the University of Southern California Talent Management Web site at http://usccareers.usc.edu/los-angeles/publications-and-editing/jobid3169683-editor_writer-ii-jobs
New Job Listings
Acquisitions Editor, Health Administration Press, American College of Healthcare Executives
Location: Chicago, IL
Status: Full-time
Area: Print/Publishing
Senior Editor, UC San Diego Health Sciences Department of Psychiatry
Location: San Diego, CA
Status: Full-Time
Medium: Print/Online
News Anchor/Editor, Capitol Public Radio
Location: Sacramento, CA
Status: Full-Time
Medium: Online/Broadcast
Communication and Journalism Intern, The Nation’s Health
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: 25 hours a week
Medium: Print/Online/New Media
Healthcare Web Editor, The Advisory Board Company
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time
Medium: Online/Print/New Media
2013 National Health Journalism Fellowship, USC Annenberg
Eligibility: Professional journalists from print, broadcast, and online media through the United States, including freelancers. Applicants do not need to be full-time health reporters, but should have a demonstrated interest in health issues, broadly defined to include the health of communities. Freelancers should earn the majority of their income from journalism. A minimum of three years' reporting experience is preferred.
Deadline: April 10, 2013
From the Website: The National Health Journalism Fellowships program offers journalists an opportunity to explore the intersection between community health, health policy and the nation's growing diversity during a five days of intensive, all-expenses-paid training in Los Angeles. Reporting projects are supported with a $2,000 grant to each Fellowship recipient.
Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism, USC Annenberg
Eligibility: Professional journalists from print, broadcast, and online media through the United States, including freelancers. Applicants do not need to be full-time health reporters, but should have a demonstrated interest in health issues, broadly defined to include the health of communities. Freelancers should earn the majority of their income from journalism. A minimum of three years' reporting experience is preferred.
Deadline: April 10, 2013
From the Website: The Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism provides grants of up to $10,000 for reporting on critical health issues facing underserved communities. Hunt grantees also take part in the all-expenses-paid 5-day National Health Journalism Fellowship, July 14-18 in Los Angeles.
Covering Medicare: Care, Costs, Control and Consequences, The Media News Group
From the Website: Covering Medicare is a three-day workshop aimed at fostering a deeper understanding of Medicare reform, economics, health-quality initiatives and the impact on local communities.
Deadline: March 15, 2013
Eligibility: Applications for the Covering Medicare workshop will be accepted from journalists working for all media platforms. The Robert R. McCormick Foundation grant will pay for participants’ tuition, travel and meals.
The 11th Hour Food and Farming Journalism Fellowship, UC Berkeley
From the Website: "Aimed at early and mid-career journalists, the Fellowship presents an opportunity to report ambitious longform stories on the full range of subjects under the rubric of food systems: agricultural and nutritional policy, the food industry, food science, technology and culture, rural and urban farming, agriculture and the environment (including climate change), global trade and supply chains, consolidation and securitization of the food system and public health as it relates to food and farming."
Deadline: April 1, 2013
Eligibility: The fellowship is open to both print and radio journalists. Online applications are due April 1, 2013, and should include a one-page pitch with a clearly defined story idea, not just a subject.
2013-2015 Multicultural Fellowship Program, The San Francisco Foundation
From the Website: Our Multicultural Fellowship Program is a two-year, full-time program that aims to increase diversity in the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors.
Deadline: Monday, March 11, 2013, by 5:30 p.m. PST.
From the Website: “This year, the Multicultural Fellowship Program seeks three Fellows with expertise in the following programmatic areas: Arts and Culture, Civic Engagement, and Community Health.”
The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships For Mental Health Journalism, The Carter Center
From the Website: The goal of the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism is to enhance public understanding of mental health issues and combat stigma and discrimination against people with mental illnesses. Working journalists tackle timely and unique topics in the field of mental health.
Deadline: April 15, 2013
Eligibility: Applicants must have at least three years of professional journalism experience and submit a full fellowship application. Recipients must attend meetings at The Carter Center in September at the beginning and end of the fellowship year.