Health Media Jobs and Opportunities: Nieman Foundation applications still being accepted

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Job Listings

Public Information Officer, Department of Public Health
Location: San Francisco, CA
Status: Full-Time
Medium: Print/Online

Graduate School Health Care Research & Consulting Intern, The Advisory Board Company
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Part-Time, June-August 2014
Medium: Print/Online

Cancer Website Copy Writer, M&C Saatchi-SHARE
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Status: Part-Time, Temp
To Apply: Attach a resume in Word or PDF form, with a concise cover letter in the body of the email, to Paul von Zielbauer at paul.zielbauer@mcsaatchi-la.com.

Associate Editor/Editor, iHealthBeat
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time
Medium: Online

Senior Medical Editor, Entree Health
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Medium: Online/Print

Social Media Editor, Men's Health
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Medium: Online

Associate Editor, Men's Health
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Medium: Online/Print

Deputy Content Editor-Food and Health, Consumer Reports  (via mediabistro.com)
Location: Yonkers, NY
Status: Full-Time
Medium: Online/Print

Communications Associate, Missouri Foundation For Health
Location: St. Louis, MO
Status: Full-Time
Medium: Online/Print

Health Reporter, The Tampa Tribune
Location: Tampa, FL
Status: Full-Time
Medium: Online/Print

Health Economics Writer, Health, Retirement, and Long-Term Analysis Division of the Congressional Budget Office
Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time
Medium: Online/Print

Health Editor, WiserTogether
Location: Washington, D.C. also open to candidates in Los Angeles or New York
Status: Full-Time
Medium: Online/Print

Awards, Fellowships and Workshops

Nieman-Berkman Fellowship for Journalism Innovation, Harvard University
From the website: Nieman Fellowships are awarded to print, broadcast and online reporters, editors, photographers, producers, columnists, filmmakers and cartoonists with at least five years of full-time, professional experience in the news media.
Deadline: January 31st, 2014
Requirements: Applicants must be full-time journalists (including freelancers) with at least five years’ experience. Most, if not all of your samples should have been published or broadast between Jan. 1, 2013 and Jan. 30, 2014.

Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism, Association of Health Care Journalists
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 contest was created by journalists for journalists and is not influenced or funded by commercial or special-interest groups.
Deadline: January 13th, 2014
Requirements: All entries must have been published or broadcast for the first time during the 2013 calendar year. All entries must be submitted online. Entrants who are unable to complete the online submission process may request the AHCJ staff to submit their entry for an additional fee.

Investigative Grants, The George Polk Grants for Investigative Reporting
Information: The George Polk Investigative Grants are given to experienced reporters to pursue reporting projects relating to social justice. The intent is to promote public awareness of social problems in immigration, housing, welfare, health, employment and other areas and to promote investigative articles on the Web as well as in print.
Deadline: Rolling
Requirements: An applicant should have a proven track record as an investigative reporter and propose an article on a subject with which he or she is familiar. The program is intended as a resource for a reporter who always has wanted to dig into a particular topic or has developed useful expertise – who knows “where the bodies are buried” – in an area of social importance. Grants will range from $2,500 to $10,000, depending on the duration and complexity of the project.

Call for Proposals on Global Health, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
From the website: We are seeking ambitious, enterprise reporting projects on global health and the future of the global development agenda. We are maintaining our ongoing interest in reproductive health, food security, sanitation, and HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. We are also looking for proposals that surface new or neglected issues and perspectives in global health.
Deadline: Rolling
Requirements: Proposals must include a credible plan for broad distribution of the resulting work. Applicants should demonstrate interest from editors or producers working in wide-reaching U.S. or European news media outlets. Letters from editors or producers who have worked with you in the past, and are interested in working with you again, are encouraged.