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From: USC Annenberg/California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:45:41 -0400 (EDT)
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Subject: Deadline Approaching: Mini-Fellowship with $2,000 Reporting Stipend

Call for Applications! Reporting Grants and All-Expenses-Paid
Health Journalism Fellowship

When: Oct. 4-9, 2009
Where: Los Angeles
Deadline to Apply: August 6, 2009

The deadline is fast approaching for applications to the national track of T he California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships, based at USC's Annenberg School of Journalism.

The week-long, all-expenses-paid fellowship allows journalists to spend a week in Los Angeles exploring the intersection between community health, health policy and the nation's growing ethnic diversity, as well as the role that factors such as race, ethnicity, pollution and violence play in prospects for good health. You'll come away from the experience with a multitude of story ideas and sources, plus a thorough grounding in the principles and practice of good health journalism.

The fellowships are open to print, broadcast and multimedia journalists from around the country. We're looking for journalists who have a passion for health stories -- including investigative reporters, generalists and environment or social justice specialists -- not just those on the health beat. Fellows receive free tuition, meals, travel, and lodging plus a $2,000 stipend upon publication or broadcast of a major fellowship project. To encourage collaboration between mainstream and ethnic media, preference will be given to applicants who propose a joint project for use by both media outlets.

For more information, visit www.reportingonhealth.org, call (213) 437-4419 or e-mail Martha Shirk at cahealth@usc.edu.

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