Journalism Grants
Funding For:
Healthcare Hollow: The Demise of Hospitals in Rural Tennessee is Worsening
Health Care Costs & Quality / Rural Health
Recipient:
Nashville Public Radio
Grant Period:
Jun 02, 2025 - Jun 02, 2026
AMOUNT:
$20,000.00
Summary of the Project:
Rural communities are facing, and attempting to resolve, tough health care challenges. This solutions-focused series will report on health care issues, barriers to health care, and proven methods of providing more affordable care and improving health outcomes in Tennessee.
About the Grantee:
Nashville Public Radio is a nonprofit media organization serving Middle Tennessee through independent journalism, music discovery, and civic storytelling. Its award-winning WPLN Newsroom investigates systems of power, elevates underrepresented voices, and unpacks complex regional issues, connecting local audiences to each other and the world.
Grantee Publications
June 15, 2026
Medicaid access is vital to rural Tennesseans; the state just made it harder to keep
Learn MoreAuthor: Pierce Gentry
May 27, 2026
This Tennessee town’s only hospital closed without warning. Two years later it still hasn’t reopened.
Learn MoreAuthor: Pierce Gentry
April 14, 2026
Infections can be deadly in rural Tennessee; one county is trying to change that
Learn MoreAuthor: Pierce Gentry
April 7, 2026
Linden hospital reopening shows hope for rural health
Learn MoreAuthor: Catherine Sweeney