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From Medical Errors at Rural Hospitals to Violence in the Inner City: We Award $53,500 to Support Ambitious Reporting Projects

We award $53,500 in reporting grants: “We need high-quality, high-impact health journalism now more than ever to keep community health issues squarely in the public spotlight,” said Mary Lou Fulton, program manager, communication and media grants, at The California Endowment.

The Built Environment: Designed for Disease or Designed for Health?

Urban planning, land use and redevelopment traditionally haven’t been hot topics on the health beat. Robert Ogilvie thinks they should be.

Moving the Needle on Obesity and Diabetes: Harder Than We Thought

You can lead the people to fresh produce and other healthy food, but you can’t make them eat it: perspectives from a diabetes specialist and a journalist.

Angela Glover Blackwell: The Links Between Place and Health

Angela Glover Blackwell of PolicyLink shares ideas and reporting tips for covering the links between your health and where you live.

America's Food Carnival and David Kessler's Prescription for Journalists

Dr. David Kessler highlights how the trifecta of sugar, fat and salt stimulates our brains, making us want more and more instead of feeling satiated. Even when we know certain foods are bad for us, we can't stop overeating. What is a journalist's role in how Americans relate to their food?

New Webinars From ReportingonHealth

Check out our upcoming webinars on how to build your own "health reporting survival kit" and embedding multimedia content on your blog or website!

Show Me The Money: 5 Tips for Online News Site Success

Online-only news sites may be a growth industry, but whether they’re making any money is another question. Get tips from three online news entrepreneurs on building a profitable business.

"New media" at St. Louis Beacon means more than virtual engagement

A lot of the cool new things that the St. Louis Beacon is doing have a distinctly old ring to them. They have a serious newsroom to be sure -- 15 journalists produce ten to 12 news and feature stories a day -- and they are comitted to new media and online publishing. But they are also taking their journalism offline.

Fear and Excitement about Online Community Building and Health Journalism

Susan Mernit and Staci Baird, social media gurus, had a message for reformed journalists and New Media entrepreneurs participating in our pilot program melding online community engagement and health journalism: "We come in peace."

Storified: A Social Media Recap of the First Online Health Journalism Fellowships Seminar

The first class of Online Health Journalism Fellows share three days of discussion about health, data and what happens when you combine great stories with online community engagement.

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