Public Health Reporting Fellowship

The Common Health Coalition and the National Press Club Journalism Institute have launched a new fellowship opportunity for mid-career journalists – The Public Health Reporting Fellowship.

The Public Health Reporting Fellowship will award up to $7,500 each to five individuals to support reporting projects focused on the intersection of public health policy and health care delivery.

About the Public Health Reporting Fellowship

• Fellows will receive up to $7,500 in funding to support reporting expenses for a significant project to be published by fellows’ employers or a supporting news outlet. Newsroom and freelance journalists are welcome to apply. Projects would also be distributed across NPCJI networks and partner sites.
• Fellows will have six months (February through July 2025) to complete and publish/distribute their respective projects.
• Fellows will attend a half-day virtual orientation with training content focused on public health issues, data, resources and research to support their projects.
• Fellows will receive support from leading public health experts and journalists serving as mentors throughout the fellowship.
• Fellows will participate in monthly virtual checkpoints to continue building their knowledge of resources and data.
• Fellows will also participate in a publicly available knowledge-share webinar to assist other health reporters in pursuing this work by describing what they learned and the “how” behind their projects.

Fellowship requirements

• Applicants must have at least 10 years of professional journalism experience.
• Fellows will report and produce a significant journalism project covering the critical public health topics of our time to be published or broadcast in a U.S.-based media outlet.
• Applicants are asked to provide a letter of support from their employer or the news outlet where they intend to publish their project.
• While previous public health reporting is not a requirement, fellows must demonstrate a commitment to this topic, detailed in their application proposal.
• Fellows must participate fully in orientation and monthly check-ins.

How to apply

The deadline for applications is January 6, 2025. To learn more and apply, please click here.