This story by Janine Zeitlin, a participant in the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism's 2020 Data Fellowship.
Poverty and Class
This story was produced by Ida Mojadad, a participant in the 2019 Data Fellowship, who is investigating the efficacy of the health access program Healthy SF in San Francisco....
The colonias of south Texas have been devastated by the pandemic, a crisis made worse by poverty and limited access to health care.
A nearly inverse situation appeared in early-December, 2020, Alameda County health data, showing areas where Covid-19 spread fast had low test rates, and vice versa.
A reporter reflects on lessons learned from an especially challenging story.
For my 2020 National Fellowship project, I wanted to cover all COVID-19 angles and regions along the 3000-mile U.S.-Mexico border, including the number of infections, reasons for disparities, multifamily dwellings, the fate of essential workers, the role played by preexisting conditions, and hospita
A reporter reflects on lessons learned from covering the Los Angeles communities affected by decades of toxic pollution from the Exide battery recycling plant in Vernon, California.
While other options have emerged, Healthy SF helps those who might otherwise fall through the cracks.
For two decades, victims of U.S. nuclear bomb tests fought to obtain the Medicaid eligibility that was promised them. In the waning days of 2020, they won.
It’s time to get good at talking about mental health.