USC Center for Health Journalism

We partner with newsrooms to help journalists investigate and illuminate health challenges by engaging communities in innovative ways to drive change.

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📊 Want to level up your data reporting skills? Apply to our Data Fellowship by July 22, 2026!

🔗 Visit https://t.co/uUDvWcm7vY to learn more and apply!

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🎉 The winner will be announced on Aug. 15 at the organization’s national convention in Atlanta.

#NABJ26 #CenterForHealthJournalism #HealthReporting #HealthJournalism @USCAnnenberg

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👏 @ReportingHealth is happy to share that our columnist @jecausey and former 2025 National Fellow @kschorsch have been recognized as 2026 @NABJ Salute to Excellence nominees! We are so honored to be part of their journeys.

🔗 Learn more at https://t.co/irIAXP3pZL

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✨ @kschorsch was nominated for her 2025 National Fellowship story “Chicago’s Death Gap,” in the newspaper single-story category, for outlets with a staff of 101-200.

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📸: Photo credit Maya Miller (1) and Jay Marcano (2-5).

#Addiction #PovertyAndClass #HealthJournalism #HealthReporting #DataReporting @USCAnnenberg

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📊 Want to level up your data reporting skills? Apply to our Data Fellowship by July 22, 2026!

🔗 Visit https://t.co/uUDvWcm7vY to learn more and apply!

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...The guidance of the mentors was also really invaluable. The tools I’ve gained are ones I’ll be using for the rest of my reporting career.

I highly recommend applying!”

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#CAEthnicMedia @cecilegee @OGNSCInc @anjananagarajan @IndiaCurrents @LaOpinionLA @NNCMagazine @SBSINTL @radiobilingue

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Last week @ReportingHealth gathered our Ethnic Media Collaborative for a virtual symposium bringing together reporters, local government and researchers to provide a powerful kaleidoscope of perspectives to help our reporters chronicle the mental health of their communities in CA

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The Ethnic Media Collaborative is @USCAnnenberg Center for Health Journalism’s award-winning initiative that unites multicultural newsrooms across California to report on health issues affecting their communities.

🔗 View the collaborative’s reporting: https://t.co/Y0MCuGQnkH

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📝 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀!

Our five-month program equips Fellows with the tools to find and obtain data and perform analyses that can yield new and important investigative insights.

🔗 https://t.co/uUDvWcm7vY

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She also shares some trauma-informed techniques to add to your journalist toolkit:

Lead with curiosity.
Monitor emotional cues.
Be thoughtful with questions.

#TraumaInformedReporting #CAEthnicMedia

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We're excited to host our Ethnic Media Collaborative's virtual symposium this morning. The collaborative partners with ethnic media outlets across the state throughout the year to report on health equity, community well-being and gaps in health care.
Follow here for highlights!

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During an interview with a vulnerable subject, Bellware has these tips:

Let them choose the interview time/place/people present & duration of the interview.

Be clear what the story is about & how their words will be used.

Ask permission before recording or naming them.