Health Media Jobs & Opportunities: New fellowships, awards and jobs roundup

Business of Healthcare Reporter, The Dallas Morning News
Location: Dallas, TX
Status: Full-Time 
Job Type: Online/Print

Community Editor, Center for Health Journalism
Location: Alhambra, CA
Status: Full-Time
Job Type: Online

Fellowships & Awards

August 2016 Reporting Trips To Colombia and El Salvador, International Women's Media Foundation

Information: A group of six journalists will report on conservation and sustainable development in Colombia. The trip will be based in Riohacha, Department of La Guajira. Another group of six journalists will cover Women, Health, and Development in the IWMF’s first-ever reporting trip to El Salvador. This trip will be based in San Salvador. These opportunities are part of Adelante, the International Women’s Media Foundation’s five-year reporting initiative which seeks to reduce the gender gap in the Latin American media and to support women journalists interested in pursuing stories that go beyond the well-established narratives of political instability and violence in the region.

Deadline: May 15, 2016

Health Care Communications Fellow, Lown Institute

Information: he Lown Institute seeks an energetic and articulate individual to join their team as they seek to catalyze real transformation of the US health care system. The successful candidate must be a critical thinker with strong writing skills, an understanding of the intersection of health care, public policy, and public health, and a willingness to research and learn at a rapid pace as we develop ideas, programs, and messages for our network.

Deadline: May 15, 2016 

Jacque I. Minnotte Health Reporting Fellowship, Radio Television Digital News Foundation

Information: This award was created to honor former news director and Medstar executive Jacque Minnotte, who died in 1993. One $2,000 award will be presented to an outstanding audio, video, or digital/multimedia health reporter with fewer than 10 years’ journalism experience. Applicants can find out more and apply online at RTDNA’s website here. Winners of the Jacque I. Minnotte Health Reporting Fellowship are invited to attend the Excellence in Journalism conference. 

Deadline: May 31, 2016

2016 Price Child Health and Welfare Journalism Awards, Children’s Advocacy Institute (CAI)

Information: The Price Child Health and Welfare Journalism Award, administered with the assistance of the Children’s Advocacy Institute (CAI), recognizes significant stories, series, or bodies of work that advance the understanding of, and enhance public discourse on, child health and well-being issues in California, including child health / health care reform; nutrition;child safety;child poverty; child care; education; child abuse; foster care; former foster youth / transition issues; juvenile justice; children with special needs, and others. All stories or series published by a major daily or weekly California newspaper from July 1, 2015—June 30, 2016 are eligible for nomination.

Deadline: July 8, 2016 at 5 p.m.