Journalism Grants
Funding For:
Health Coverage Bootcamp Series
Health Equity
Recipient:
Association of Health Care Journalists's Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism and Investigative Reporters and Editors
Grant Period:
Jan 01, 2024 - Jul 31, 2024
AMOUNT:
$65,000.00
Summary of the Project:
This project will train journalists to understand the complex information needed to produce in-depth reporting on topics such as health care costs, affordability, and hospital financing.
About the Grantee:
The Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism is the educational arm of the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ). It trains journalists to cover news events, trends, and issues in all aspects of health care journalism. AHCJ is an independent membership organization dedicated to improving the quality, accuracy and visibility of health care reporting, writing, and editing.
Grantee Publications
March 27 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Follow the Money: Using HospitalFinances.org and other tools to tell important stories
This webinar is the first in a four-part series produced by AHCJ and Investigative Reporters and Editors that will equip you with the tools you need to tell the story of the big business of health care. Longtime AHCJ member Karl Stark, Director of Content Strategy & Editor in Residence at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, will show you how to use AHCJ’s hospitalfinances.org site and other tools to report stories about hospitals’ financial health.
Learn MoreFebruary 14, 2023
Nearly 43,000 people died from gun violence in 2023: How to tell the story
The health and economic costs of American gun violence are rising each year, according to a new report from The National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM).
Learn MoreAuthor: Kaitlin Washburn
January 3, 2024
Gun violence increases physical, mental health disorders among children, survivors and families, study says
Gun violence became the leading cause of death and injury for children in 2020 and 2021, beating out car crashes, long the main killer of young people, and all diseases.
Learn MoreAuthor: Kaitlin Washburn