Journalism Grants
Funding For:
The 2015 Health Coverage Fellowship
Behavioral Health / Health Care Reform / Social Determinants of Health
Recipient:
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation
Grant Period:
Apr 15, 2015 - Apr 14, 2016
AMOUNT:
$20,000.00
Summary of the Project:
A NIHCM Foundation Journalism Grant supported a journalist in the 2015 class of the Health Coverage Fellowship, a program of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation. The Fellowship is designed to help newspaper, radio, television and online reporters and editors improve their reporting on critical health care issues–from implementing health care reform to curbing costs, addressing mental illness and redressing public health threats.
About the Grantee:
The Health Coverage Fellowship is housed at Babson College’s Center for Executive Education in Wellesley and is sponsored by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation in collaboration with other charities. The fellowship is directed by Larry Tye, a former Nieman fellow who covered health and the environment for 15 years at the Boston Globe and has written six books.
Related Grantee Work
December 15, 2014
2015 Health Coverage Fellows Collaborate to Uncover Abuse and Neglect at Neurorehab Centers
New Hampshire Public Radio's Jack Rodolico and Reveal's Laura Starechecski team up to unveil 40 years of abuse and neglect of people with traumatic brain injuries and severe disabilities at specialty rehabs across the US.
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