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The USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism offers resources & partnerships for journalists, policy thinkers & clinicians advancing health in the US.

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02/28/2025

ICYMI: Our webinar yesterday looked at what Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s unorthodox appointment will impact our public health system and access to vaccines. Watch an archived recording here: https://ow.ly/7qxk50V8NVn

02/26/2025

Register for tomorrow's webinar! In this webinar, we will examine what R.F.Kennedy Jr.’s arrival at the HHS will mean for the American health system and the key federal agencies such as the FDA, CDC and NIH that would fall under his purview. Sign up here: https://ow.ly/kVfu50UZKPl

02/26/2025

An AI startup shut down after an Enquirer probe found no proof its AI su***de risk app worked. Schools and courts reported issues, and experts raised concerns over accuracy and ethics, reported Betsy Kim for the Enquirer - Cincinnati and Kentucky.

Clarigent Health shut down after an Enquirer probe found no proof its AI su***de risk app worked. Schools and courts reported issues, and experts raised concerns over accuracy and ethics.

02/25/2025

President Donald Trump's campaign promise to carry out the largest-ever "domestic deportation" operation in the U.S. prompted New Jersey school districts to contact advocacy groups and relief organizations for advice on how to support families facing deportation risks, reports Mary Ann Koruth for NorthJersey.com.

02/24/2025

Join our Feb. 27 webinar: Will RFK Jr. Make America Healthy Again? Featuring: Isabella Cueto of STAT, Dan Gorenstein of Tradeoffs and James Hodge, national expert on health law, public health law, global health law, ethics, and human rights. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/webinar0227

02/24/2025

Those who responded to a Capital Chronicle survey about Oregon's new deflection programs expressed concerns about long-term funding and access to treatment, reports 2024 National Fellow Ben Botkin for the Oregon Capital Chronicle. Read here:

Those who responded to a Capital Chronicle survey expressed concerns about long-term funding and access to treatment.

02/24/2025

Harsh policies targeting unhoused people in the so-called sanctuary city ensnare newly arrived migrants, who now have fewer places to turn for shelter and support, reports 2024 National Fellow Alex Miller for Prism. Read here:

Harsh policies targeting unhoused people in the so-called sanctuary city ensnare newly arrived migrants, who now have fewer places to turn for shelter and support.

02/21/2025

In our Feb 27 webinar, we will examine what R.F. Kennedy Jr.’s arrival at HHS will mean for the American health system and key federal agencies such as the FDA, CDC and NIH that would fall under his purview. Register here: https://ow.ly/LUtM50V4vB6

02/21/2025

Apply to our Impact Fund for Reporting on Health Equity and Health Systems by March 26! Reporters will conceive and report ambitious projects on how racial bias in health systems, whether structural or unconscious, creates health care inequities. Apply here: https://bit.ly/ImpactFundapplication or arrange a conversation here: https://bit.ly/CHJ_InterestForm

02/21/2025

New Mexico’s child welfare agency struggles with staffing, foster placements, and care quality. Lawsuits highlight systemic failures, and a report warns children in state custody face “irreparable harm, reports Taylor Velazquez for KUNM Radio.

02/20/2025

"For my recent reporting project, I wanted to embed with a mobile support team in Sonoma County in order to better understand the challenges and successes these units face in responding to mental health and other crises," writes 2024 CA Health Equity Fellow Wren Farrell.

I thought a story about Sonoma County’s alternative crisis response program would be straightforward. Instead, I ran into obstacle after obstacle.

02/20/2025

This week's Health Divide by Kellie Schmitt: Reporters localize Trump’s health equity impacts, and where a pregnant person lives shapes their risk of dying. Read more:

Also this week: Reporters localize Trump’s health equity impacts, and where a pregnant person lives shapes their risk of dying.

02/18/2025

NEW WEBINAR ALERT! Our Feb 27 webinar will discuss how the ambitions of the “Make American Healthy Movement” might confront the realities of America’s “epidemic” of chronic disease. Register here: https://ow.ly/kVfu50UZKPl

02/18/2025

Apply to our Impact Fund for Reporting on Health Equity and Health Systems by March 26! We support ambitious investigative or explanatory projects on systemic racism in public health, health care policy and practice of medicine. Apply here: https://bit.ly/ImpactFundapplication

02/14/2025

Our National Fellowship is open for applications! 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 by April 9: https://bit.ly/Nationalfellowshipapplication

02/14/2025

Register for our Feb 27 webinar! In this webinar, we will examine what Kennedy’s imminent arrival at HHS will mean for the American health system and key federal agencies soon under his purview. Sign up here: https://ow.ly/kVfu50UZKPl

02/13/2025

An Oklahoma lawmaker proposed legislation last month that would make it a crime, punishable by up to a year in jail, for anyone caught in possession of a stolen shopping cart, writes James Causey for the Health Divide. Read here:

An Oklahoma lawmaker proposed legislation last month that would make it a crime, punishable by up to a year in jail, for anyone caught in possession of a stolen shopping cart.

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Journalist Will James produced a sensitively drawn audio documentary, “Outsiders” about the rapid rise of homelessness in Olympia, Washington, as a Center for Health Journalism National Fellow. With support and mentorship from the Center, Will’s ten-part series was named one of the best podcasts of 2020 by TIME magazine. Every year, the Center supports impactful and nuanced reporting projects like Will’s that can advance public understanding of some of society’s most complex challenges. Today, Will gives back to the Center by serving as a senior fellow, or mentor, to reporters seeking guidance for reporting on homelessness and other social challenges. By donating to the Center in this giving season, you are helping support reporting like Will’s. As a part of the NewsMatch campaign, your donation will be doubled. Double your impact here: https://bit.ly/CHJgift or text CHJ to 41444.

Bob Ortega set out to examine the high rates of infant and child deaths and injuries among Latino immigrants in border states and found that car seat safety was sorely lacking. Along with a powerful news series, he launched a bilingual public safety campaign, “Siéntelos Seguros (Seat Them Safely),” in which Bob and the The Arizona Republic partnered with local hospitals, government offices, churches and advocacy groups to help immigrants and Hispanic parents access, install and check child safety seats. Following his reporting, the number of child deaths in car accidents in Arizona declined sharply and the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety allocated more than $400,000 for Spanish-language programs to address child car seat safety. Bob’s project for the Center’s 2015 National Fellowship ultimately led him to give back to the Center as its advisory board chair, nearly a decade later. “It has been astonishing to see the caliber of work that Fellows who have worked with the Center have done.” This Giving Tuesday, help the Center support impactful reporting projects like Bob’s that make a difference in communities. Your donation will be doubled as a part of the NewsMatch Campaign: https://bit.ly/CHJgift or text CHJ to 41444.

Zaydee Sanchez embarked on a challenging but critical project with support from the Center for Health Journalism: documenting the experiences of transgender immigrant women experiencing domestic violence for High Country News. The mentorship and support she received helped her cross the finish line and inspired her to keep going when she encountered obstacles. “You walk away feeling a little high, a little like, wow, let's go get some justice!” she said. With transgender health in the crosshairs of an incoming administration, we urgently need independent journalism on transgender health like Zaydee’s reporting. Support reporting on transgender health and other critical health equity topics by donating to the Center for Health Journalism. Through Dec. 31, donations are doubled. Text CHJ to 41444 or visit https://bit.ly/CHJgift

The Center for Health Journalism has a special giving opportunity in our milestone 20th anniversary year! From today through Dec. 31, tax-deductible donations made by individuals to the Center for Health Journalism will be matched. Learn more: bit.ly/supportCHJ. Your support will help us continue nurturing transformative health journalism, a mission that aims to “empower journalists to do stories with communities and for communities, not just about communities,” in the words of Michelle Levander, our founding director. #CHJ20Years

"As part of Democrats' first big legislative package after President Biden was elected, they passed subsidies to help make insurance plans on Affordable Care Act exchanges cheaper," said Rachel Cohrs Zhang of STAT, as she dives into the threat posed by the program's expiration at the end of 2025. Watch a recording here: https://ow.ly/hVJS50TtGBp

"And so when you think about, like, okay, how do you reduce the cost of Medicaid? I mean, one thing Republicans have looked at, and I think they would argue to some extent that it's philosophical...is the idea of work requirements," said Megan Messerly of POLITICO in our latest webinar. Watch a recording: https://ow.ly/1gv650TtGSu

In our latest webinar, Rachel Cohrs Zhang of STAT broke down the two models that have been used to accomplish medical debt relief and what her reporting has looked at. Watch a recording here: https://ow.ly/fQwk50TtFCs

"I think we can really expect, you know, if nothing else, sort of this tonal shift and really vocal posture from her (Kamala Harris) administration on abortion rights and reproductive health care, more generally," said Megan Messerly of POLITICO in our latest webinar. Watch here: https://ow.ly/p4k550TtEHy

"There's already a lot of buzz around the possibility of if there's a split Congress, kind of swapping those policies, so Democrats get what they want, which are extending the subsidies, which have allowed a lot more people to access ACA health insurance at a pretty low premium, and then Republicans will get what they want, which are extending these Trump tax cuts," Victoria Knight of Axios said in our latest webinar. Watch here: https://ow.ly/8Agh50TeQ3b

"Project 2025 goes extensively into how it wants to roll back protections on gender identity and sexual orientation, whether in the workplace, whether in discriminatory settings, and in health care," said Sarah Owermohle of STAT in our webinar. Watch: https://ow.ly/3snN50TeOUQ

"Trump has said...he won't touch Social Security or Medicare. But to some of us, his silence on Medicaid is the loudest thing he said. It's actually deafening," said Drew Altman, president and CEO of KFF in our latest webinar. Watch a recording: https://centerforhealthjournalism.org/our-work/webinars/would-project-2025-herald-end-health-policy-we-know-it