Series of public health training sessions for journalists wraps up Friday with report from NPCJI fellows
The final session in a six-part series of virtual programs to train journalists who cover public health is set for Friday, July 25, with the National Press Club Journalism Institute presenting the insights of five journalists who are participating in the Institute’s inaugural Public Health Reporting Fellowship, funded by the Common Health Coalition.
"Lessons from our inaugural journalism fellowship cohort" begins at noon EDT. Click on that link to register to listen in on the free program.
The fellows will 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.
The five programs already presented were on the following topics:
- Uncovering & reporting on solution-focused infrastructures (Feb. 25)
- Covering public health policy in the current political landscape (March 25)
- How community health workers can be the key to your reporting (April 29)
- Covering rural & urban health disparities (May 27)
- Finding focus and shaping your narrative (June 24).
The Institute said its aim in producing these sessions has been 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.
The Coalition’s founding members are the Alliance of Community Health Plans, AHIP, the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association and Kaiser Permanente.