Healthcare Systems & Policy

Surviving Diabetes: Diabetes prevention challenges doctors

<p><em>These stories on the challenges of managing diabetes were reported with the assistance of the USC Annenberg/California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships, administered by the USC Annenberg School for Communication. The Express-News and KWEX-TV were selected by the program in 2008 to repo

Chronic Disease
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Health Reform: Where Do Journalists Go From Here?

<p>Here's a recap of the latest developments on the health reform front, along with some helpful resources and <a href="#some ideas">story ideas</a> for your community.</p><p><strong>March 21, 2010, 10 p.m. PST</strong></p>

Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform

Campaign Contributions and Health Reform

<p style="text-align: left;"><em>Follow the money</em>. That simple phrase – though never uttered by Bob Woodward’s most famous source – has propelled countless reporters to dig deeply into all manner of news stories.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">And nearly four decades after Woodward and Carl B

Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Poverty and Class

As Insurance Runs Out, A Diabetic Journalist Fears for His Life

<p>Robert Steinback is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former Miami Herald columnist who was laid off in 2008. His COBRA health insurance ends in January, and, because he has diabetes, no insurer will offer him an individual policy. Other alternatives, such as a HIPAA policy, are prohibitive

Chronic Disease, Health Insurance and Costs
Dennis Terry takes inventory at the Mandela Food Cooperative on Seventh Street in west Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday.

Day IV: Preventing disparities at forefront of health care reform

This story was produced as part of a larger project led by Suzanne Bohan and Sandy Kleffman, participants in the 
Other stories in this series include:

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Patient Safety and Ethics
The Rev. Jeffrey M. Parker prays during a service at Community Reformed Church in the Sobrante Park neighborhood.

Day III: Residents battle to overcome health inequities

This story was produced as part of a larger project led by Suzanne Bohan and Sandy Kleffman, participants in the 
Other stories in this series include:

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Mental Health, Food and Nutrition
John Fitzpatrick awaits his appointment during his monthly asthma clinic at Children's Hospital Oakland in Oakland, Calif., on T

Day II: Health problems persist when options are limited

This story was produced as part of a larger project led by Suzanne Bohan and Sandy Kleffman, participants in the 
Other stories in this series include:

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Food and Nutrition, Patient Safety and Ethics

New CDC Class on Pandemic Flu Communications

<p>If you're covering the swine flu outbreak, you should make time for a free online class offered by the Centers for Disease Control on Thursday from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST. </p>

Edición Semanaria: Latino Border Entrepreneurs Survive the Pandemic

This story was produced as part of a large project by Jessica Bedolla, a participant in the 2020 National Fellowship, who is exploring, researching and reporting the impact of this worldwide pandemic in communities along the border. 

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health