Insights

<p>Get great story ideas for covering health reform's rollout in your state from journalist Sarah Kliff.</p>

<p>Learning about gangs, race and violence may not seem like a traditional part of the health beat. Yet the concept of violence as a significant public health threat has been around for more than three decades.</p>

<p>We award $53,500 in reporting grants:&nbsp;“We need high-quality, high-impact health journalism now more than ever to keep community health issues squarely in the public spotlight,” said Mary Lou Fulton, program manager, communication and media grants, at The California Endowment.</p>

<p>Making parks and their impact on community health interesting to editors and readers is a daunting challenge. Here, journalist Tracy Wood shares advice for tackling similar stories in your community.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Seattle is known as a haven for foodies, so it was something of a shameful surprise to discover that Seattle has a food desert in its own backyard.</p>

<p>Urban planning, land use and redevelopment traditionally haven’t been hot topics on the health beat. <a href="http://www.phlpnet.org/php/staff/ogilvie-phd">Robert Ogilvie</a> thinks they should be.</p>

<p>If communities build access to healthy foods, will residents come? The evidence is mixed.</p>

<p>You can lead the people to fresh produce and other healthy food, but you can’t make them eat it: perspectives from a diabetes specialist and a journalist.</p>

<p>Angela Glover Blackwell of PolicyLink shares ideas and reporting tips for covering the links between your health and where you live.</p>

<p>Dr. David Kessler highlights how the trifecta of sugar, fat and salt stimulates our brains, making us want more and more instead of feeling satiated. Even when we know certain foods are bad for us, we can't stop overeating. What is a journalist's role in how Americans relate to their food?</p>