Health Media Jobs & Opportunities: Apply for these new fellowships and awards
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Location: Washington, D.C.
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Location: Fresno, CA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Print/online
Senior Editor, Prevention
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online
Senior Editor, Capital Public Radio
Location: Sacramento, CA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Broadcast
Health Writer, heavy.com
Location: Remote
Status: Contract
Job Type: Online
Health Writer, Local Voice (WYDaily, Port City Daily and Southside Daily)
Location: Remote
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Print/Online
Associate Editor, Men's Health
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Print/Online
Editor, StartUp Health
Location: New York, NY
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Print/Online
Associated Editor, MobiHealthNews (MHN)
Location: Cambridge, MA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online
Writer - Children's Health, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Location: Oakland, CA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Health Care Reporter, POLITICO
Location: Boston, MA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online
Health Care Reporter, POLITICO
Location: Texas
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online
Editor, Indiana University Health
Location: Bloomington, IN
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online/Print
Fellowships & Educational Opportunities
Information: This competition has many categories. First-place winners earn $500 and a framed certificate. They also receive complimentary lodging for two nights and registration for the annual conference, April 20-23, 2017, in Orlando. Winners are recognized at the annual awards luncheon and first-place winners are encouraged to appear on panels to discuss their winning work. It costs $50 for members and $75 for nonmembers to enter.
Deadline: Noon CST, January 17, 2017
Photography and Social Justic Fellowship, Magnum Foundation
Information: Magnum Foundation’s Photography and Social Justice Program supports and trains early career and emerging photographers, artists, journalists, scholars, and activists who are passionate about challenging injustice, pursuing social equality, and advancing human rights through photography.
Deadline: January 24, 2017
ASNE Awards, American Society of News Editors
Information: The ASNE Awards, one of the few journalism contests in which news organizations of all sizes compete on equal footing, are now accepting entries. New to this year's awards are the new software that is more user-friendly, as well as the updated rules and categories that make the contest more competitive.
Deadline: January 29, 2017
Information: RJI is giving special consideration this year to ideas and projects focused on solving problems created by filter bubbles, fake news and mistrust of the news media; however, we also invite submission of other ideas and projects that could strengthen democracy through better journalism.
Deadline: February 1, 2017
Information: The NIHCM Foundation Health Care Print Journalism Awards recognize excellence in health care reporting and writing on the financing and delivery of health care and the impact of health care policy. The 22-year-old awards carry $10,000 prizes and are judged by an independent panel of current and former journalists:
Deadline: February 15, 2017