National Press Club Journalism Institute announces public health journalism training series

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 present a series of six virtual programs aimed at training journalists who cover public health. These events — which generally fall on the last Tuesday of the month beginning in February — include the following topics:

• Uncovering & reporting on solution-focused infrastructures (Feb. 25, noon to 12:30 ET)
• Covering public health policy in the current political landscape (March 25, noon to 12:30 ET)
• How community health workers can be the key to your reporting (April 29, noon to 12:30 ET)
• Covering rural & urban health disparities (May 27, noon to 12:30 ET)
• Finding focus and shaping your narrative (June 24, noon to 12:30 ET)
• Lessons from our inaugural journalism fellowship cohort (July 25, noon to 12:30 ET)

Registration for these programs is free and open to the public. They will take place on Zoom.

The final webinar on Friday, July 25, will 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 will share details from their completed reporting projects, which will 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.

Please contact NPCJI Training Coordinator Elliot C. Williams at [email protected] with any questions.