DEADLINE: AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellowships

Event Date: 
October 21, 2011

AHCJ has teamed up with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – with the support of the CDC Foundation – for this national fellowship program for journalists. Ten fellows will be chosen to spend December 4 -8, 2011 studying public health issues at two CDC campuses. The competitive fellowships are open to professional journalists working in the United States. The fellowships include membership, travel, lodging and meals. Applications due Oct. 21.

 

The AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellows will:

  • attend sessions on epidemiology, global disease prevention efforts, pandemic flu preparedness, climate change, vaccine safety, obesity, autism and more

  • tour the CDC director's National Emergency Operations Center

  • meet new sources on policy and research

  • learn how to tap the agency's abundant resources to produce better stories

 

 

 

Event Details
Contact Name: 
Contact Email: 
info@healthjournalism.org
Organization: 
Association of Health Care Journalists, Missouri School of Journalism
Site: 
two CDC campuses, to be announced to winners
Location: 
10 Neff Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
Phone Number: 
573-884-5606
Fax Number: