Center for Health Journalism

04/22/2025

A growing percentage of Vietnamese American women are facing the heavy emotional toll of postpartum depression (PPD), reports Nhien Tra Nguyen, a 2025 Ethnic Media Collaborative participant who writes for Nguoi Viet Daily News. Read here:

Postpartum Depression Among Vietnamese American Mothers and the Cultural Barriers to Healing The story was co-published with Nguoi Viet Daily News as part of the 2025 Ethnic Media Collaborative, Healing California. by Nhien Tra Nguyen Image Across the Vietnamese American community, many mothers quie...

04/22/2025

The deadline for our National Fellowship is fast approaching! We provide journalists a chance to step away from breaking news to take a look together at pervasive social and economic inequities in the US. Apply by April 30: https://bit.ly/Nationalfellowshipapplication

04/18/2025

The Oakland Flatlands have a longstanding history of extremely low-income households and racial inequalities compared to ZIP codes in the Oakland Hills, reports 2024 Data Fellow Magaly Muñoz for The Post News Group. Read more:

The Oakland Flatlands have a longstanding history of extremely low-income households and racial inequalities compared to ZIP codes in the Oakland Hills.

04/18/2025

Our April 23 webinar features Alice Miranda Ollstein, senior health care reporter for Politico Pro, Edwin Park, research professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy - Georgetown University and Celia Valdez, the health outreach and navigation director with Maternal and Child Health Access. Register here: https://bit.ly/MedicaidintheCrosshairsWebinar

04/17/2025

If you are interested in reporting on the health, welfare and well-being of children, families and communities, our National Fellowship is the opportunity for you! Deadline NOW EXTENDED. Apply by April 30! Learn more: https://ow.ly/nTjA50V9CvS

04/15/2025

Attend our 4/23 webinar! We will look at the latest GOP plans to slash Medicaid, explore what those cuts mean for the health of Americans and highlight stories reporters can pursue to inform communities as policies inch closer to reality. Register: https://bit.ly/MedicaidintheCrosshairsWebinar

04/14/2025

Our National Fellowship deadline is NOW EXTENDED to April 30! Our program prepares fellows to report a major enterprise health or social well-being reporting project in the months that follow our initial week of intensive learning in Los Angeles. Apply now: https://bit.ly/Nationalfellowshipapplication

04/14/2025

2024 National Fellow Emily Schabacker, whose reporting focused on maternity deserts, explains why her initial focus on solutions needed to give way to another approach — letting powerful stories stand for themselves. Read her essay:

A reporter focusing on maternity deserts explains why her initial focus on solutions needed to give way to another approach — letting powerful stories stand for themselves.

04/09/2025

TODAY is the last day to apply to our National programs! Apply and receive mentoring and support to report on health topics across the nation. Arrange a conversation NOW!: https://bit.ly/CHJ_InterestForm

04/09/2025

Even simple remediations lag at Bay Area sites in socially vulnerable areas, a San Francisco Public Press analysis by 2024 Data Fellow Audrey Brown shows.

Even simple remediations lag at Bay Area sites in socially vulnerable areas, a Public Press analysis shows.

04/08/2025

The health challenges of silicosis, a deadly disease experienced by cutting, sanding, drilling artificial stone which can cause inhalation of silica dust leading to scarring of lungs, often come with a high level of emotional stress, reports 2025 EMC participant Enrique Chiabra for Telemundo 52 Los Angeles. Read here:

For those suffering from silicosis (mostly immigrants from Latin and Central America) — a deadly disease experienced by cutting, sanding, drilling artificial stone which can cause the inhalation of silica dust leading to the scarring of lungs — the health challenges often come hand-in-hand with ...

04/07/2025

The deadline for our National Fellowship is fast approaching! We provide journalists a chance to step away from breaking news to take a look together at pervasive social and economic inequities in the United States. Apply by April 9: https://bit.ly/Nationalfellowshipapplication and arrange a conversation today: https://bit.ly/CHJ_InterestForm

04/04/2025

Our April 23rd webinar will look at the latest GOP plans to slash Medicaid, explore what those cuts mean for the health of Americans who rely on the safety net, and highlight story angles reporters can pursue to inform their communities. Register here: https://ow.ly/XbG250VpZSG

04/04/2025

Apply to our Impact Fund for Reporting on Health Equity and Health Systems by April 9! Reporters will conceive and report ambitious projects on how inequities in health systems, whether based on geography, gender, race or income, create worse health care outcomes and corrode well-being in vulnerable groups. Apply here: https://bit.ly/ImpactFundapplication

04/03/2025

A California law requires health insurers to cover fertility preservation before medical treatments that could lead to infertility. But what if patients don’t know about the option? 2018 California Health Equity Fellow and CapRadio host Vicki Gonzalez-Bartell shares her deeply personal journey on learning about SB 600, California’s fertility preservation law, after facing a life-changing cancer diagnosis. Listen live now or during its rebroadcast at 7 pm: https://capradio.org/news/insight/2025/04/03/californias-fertility-preservation-law-for-cancer-patients/

You can read her moving essay ahead of the show: https://www.capradio.org/articles/2025/04/02/the-fertility-law-for-cancer-patients-i-discovered-too-late/

Insight Host Vicki Gonzalez learns about a California law requiring most health insurers to cover fertility preservation before medical treatments that can cause infertility. Unfortunately learning about the law is not a guarantee.

04/03/2025

Interested in reporting on health, welfare and well-being of children, families and communities? Then apply to our National Fellowship by April 9! Learn more: https://ow.ly/nTjA50V9CvS

04/02/2025

NEW WEBINAR ALERT! Our 4/23 webinar will take a look at the latest GOP plans to slash Medicaid, explore what those cuts mean for the health of Americans who rely on the safety net, and highlight the wealth of story angles reporters can pursue to inform their communities as policies inch closer to reality. Register: https://bit.ly/MedicaidintheCrosshairsWebinar