Poverty and Class

When I walked into Room 104 at a Motel 6 along a busy Sacramento road, I entered a deeper understanding of a complicated and growing crisis.

The team tells how they wrapped their arms around a huge story: the impact of violence on children in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in one of the country’s most violent cities.

CapRadio’s health reporter Sammy Caiola spent six months exploring the reasons behind the high suicide rate in rural Amador County. She shares how community engagement aided her reporting.

In light of the November 7 mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, California, the Center for Health Journalism is sharing some past reporting and resources for reporters who find themselves covering tragedies such as this.

In reporting on complex disease outbreaks, it's worth examining deeper narratives that go beyond the convenient anecdote, writes journalist Lara Salahi.

For Hmong Americans, patchwork and embroidery are keys to preserving history and documenting the future.

San Diego hospitals seeking are trying to steer non-emergency patients away from emergency rooms. Why? And how is the trend affecting county ER wait times?

This story was published with the support of the USC Annenberg National Health Fellowship and the Fund for Journalism on Child Well-Being.
 

Discrimination and segregation in America are nothing new. Measuring their effects on health, however, is.

Health workers and a younger generation help Hmong elders overcome a devastating past in one Northern California community.