NPCJI launches series of public health training sessions for journalists Tuesday
Solutions-oriented journalism about America’s public health landscape has become increasingly important as disinformation continues to spread and health disparities widen among marginalized communities.
The National Press Club Journalism Institute will be presenting a series of six virtual programs, aimed at training journalists who cover public health. The series kicks off this week on Tuesday. These events — which generally fall on the last Tuesday of the month and are scheduled for the noon hour — include the following topics:
- Uncovering & reporting on solution-focused infrastructures (Feb. 25, noon EST)
- Covering public health policy in the current political landscape (March 25, noon EDT)
- How community health workers can be the key to your reporting (April 29, noon EDT)
- Covering rural & urban health disparities (May 27, noon EDT)
- Finding focus and shaping your narrative (June 24, noon EDT)
- Lessons from our inaugural journalism fellowship cohort (July 25, noon EDT)
Registration for these programs is free and open to the public, so please register at the links above and bookmark these dates — all registrants will receive a link to the recording.
The final webinar on Friday, July 25, is expected to feature insights from five journalists who are participating in the Institute’s inaugural Public Health Reporting Fellowship, funded by the Common Health Coalition. The fellows plan to share details from their completed reporting projects, which investigate the growing disparities and solutions in disease prevention and health care for immigrant workers, rural populations, and elder communities, among other topics.
“Recent history has illustrated the necessity of strong health journalism that not only explains critical issues but goes further to reveal the impact of solutions-oriented infrastructures that could help move the needle in improving public health,” said NPC Journalism Institute Executive Director Beth Francesco.
In producing these sessions, the Institute aims to provide a knowledge base that will serve health journalists as they produce fact-based reporting that informs and empowers the public.
The Common Health Coalition: Together for Public Health brings together leading health organizations in pursuit of a reimagined health system: one in which the nation’s health care and public health systems no longer work in parallel, but hand in hand — with better health for all as the common goal. The Common Health Coalition is hosted by the Institute for Public Health Innovation, a non-profit that builds cross-sector partnerships, promotes health equity, and works to create effective public health systems and policies that foster healthy communities.