Katie O’Connor, a senior staff writer at Psychiatric News, likes to say there is a mental health angle in almost any story. At a July 21 webinar hosted by the National Press Club Journalism Institute and produced through its Public Health Reporting Fellowship, O’Connor shared the best practices for covering mental health as a public…
As public skepticism of the journalism industry continues to grow, journalists are facing heightened concerns about misinformation, the veracity of their reporting, and their ability to convey complex topics to the broader public. To help journalists better understand how to regain and maintain public trust when covering public health, the National Press Club Journalism Institute…
Five mid-career journalists have been selected as the inaugural Public Health Reporting Fellowship cohort coordinated by the National Press Club Journalism Institute with backing from the Common Health Coalition. Fellows will receive training and funds to support reporting projects focused on the intersection of public health and health care delivery. The fellows will conduct investigations…