Insights

You learn a lot when you spend months reporting on a given issue or community, as our fellows can attest. Whether you’re embarking on a big new story or seeking to go deeper on a given issue, it pays to learn from those who’ve already put in the shoe leather and crunched the data. In these essays and columns, our community of journalists steps back from the notebooks and tape to reflect on key lessons, highlight urgent themes, and offer sage advice on the essential health stories of the day.

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How data gathering and community partnerships helped our outlet reach overlooked audiences

By Lindsey Holden

What do you do for stories that have no available dataset — what if no one has asked people about the problem you want to investigate?

Outbreak map dashboard being used by officials to track the virus. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Lack of data on health disparities during pandemic spurs new collaboration

By Chinyere Amobi

Can a new data portal help remedy some of the persistent data gaps on health disparities?

A mobile clinic vaccinates Central American Indigenous residents in Los Angeles in April.

What surveys tell us about how to boost vaccination rates in LA and beyond

By Sonali Saluja and Danielle Wishart

Two surveys of Los Angeles residents carry lessons for vaccine outreach efforts.

Un niño observa las fotos de mujeres víctimas de feminicidios que se colocaron como homenaje en el puente Teodoro Moscoso

¿Quién cuida a los niños sobrevivientes de violencia doméstica?

By Cristina del Mar Quiles

Puerto Rico está en una emergencia por violencia de género. En respuesta a más de tres años de reclamos y manifestaciones feministas, el gobernador Pedro Pierluisi emitió en enero de 2021 una orden ejecutiva con la que se comprometió a unir esfuerzos entre agencias y organizaciones para hacerle fren

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Health Media Jobs & Opportunities: Colorado Public Radio is seeking a health, education, and justice team editor

By Chinyere Amobi

Fort Worth Reporter is looking for a health reporter. Colorado Public Radio is seeking a health, education, and justice team editor.

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Coronavirus Files: Hospital closures hit hard; lab-leak theory gains credence

By Amber Dance

Hospital closures worsen disparities during pandemic; it's been a week for the lab-leak theory; do vaccines need a boost?

The Mississippi legislature has repeatedly blocked attempts to fix a quirk in state law has effectively halted the state’s citiz

States throw voters under the bus in efforts to stop Medicaid expansion

By Trudy Lieberman

Holdout states are turning to some surprising tactics to keep voter-led pushes for Medicaid expansion off the table.

Attendees at an online panel discussion on Asian American gender-based violence in May.

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Underserved communities crave more and better mental health conversations

By Agnes Constante

A reporter finds people are hungry for spaces to talk about the mental health challenges confronting their communities.

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From fires to pollution, California’s struggle to provide clean water deepens

By Kiley Russell

California was about to embark on an assessment of every at-risk drinking water system in the state. Then, the pandemic hit.

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Health Media Jobs & Opportunities: Wired is looking for a senior health writer

By Chinyere Amobi

Wired is looking for a senior health writer; Buzzfeed News is seeking a deputy inequality editor.