Health Journalism Fellowships
- 2006 Health Journalism Fellows meet with Ministry of Health officials in Vietnam.
The Health Journalism Fellowships program includes study tour travel and dialogue that focus on infectious diseases in Asia. Journalists meet with medical and public health specialists both inside and outside of government; community leaders; farmers and businesses; journalists and others to learn how Asian countries are dealing with infectious diseases.
The purposes of this fellowship are:
- To enhance the quality and quantity of media reporting, writing, editing, and broadcasting in health care journalism for the general public and trade publications.
- To develop a strong and vibrant community of journalists concerned with all forms of health care journalism.
- To raise the stature of health care journalism in newsrooms, the industry, and the public, as a whole.
2011 Health Journalism Fellowships
Theme: Reporting on Infectious Diseases in the Asia Pacific Region
The 2011 Health Journalism Fellowships program will include a seven-day study tour in mainland China and another Asian country with a focus on influenza, HIV/AIDS, and other infectious diseases and public health issues. The study tour will be followed by a three-day workshop on reporting infectious diseases and other health issues at the University of Hong Kong Journalism and Media Studies Centre.
Program Dates: 10-day program tentatively scheduled for September 2011. Applications will be announced approximately six months before the program. To receive the announcement, email journalismfellowship@eastwestcenter.org
Study Tour Destinations: Mainland China and another Asian country plus Hong Kong workshops.
Who Can Participate: U.S. and Asian journalists will be selected by application and invitation.
Funding: East-West Center with program support from the University of Hong Kong Journalism and Media Studies Centre. The program covers all air transportation, lodging and program-related ground transportation and meals for participating journalists.
2009 Health Journalism Fellowships
The 2009 Health Journalism Fellowships program included a three-day study tour in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, and focused on HIV/AIDS, HINI and other infectious diseases and public health issues. The study tour was followed by a three-day workshop on reporting infectious diseases and other health issues at the University of Hong Kong Journalism and Media Studies Centre.
Program Dates: September 13 - 20, 2009
Study Tour Destination: Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. The program concluded with a three-day workshop at the University of Hong Kong.
The 2009 Health Journalism Fellows and Trainers:
- Ms. BAI Xu, Journalist, Xinhua News Agency, Beijing. China
- Ms. CHEN Xiaoying, Senior Reporter, 21st Century Business Herald, Shanghai, China
- Mr. LI Xiang, Reporter, CCTV International (CCTV-9), Beijing, China
- Mr. LIU Jingjing, Journalist, Caijing Magazine, Beijing, China
- Ms. SHAN Juan, Health Reporter, China Daily, Beijing, China
- Ms. WEI Yaning, Journalist, Health Times, Beijing, China
- Ms. XU Lian, Journalist, Life Times, Beijing, China
- Mr. YANG Xiao, Senior Journalist, Southern People Weekly, Beijing, China
- Ms. ZHANG Jing, Reporter, Economic Observer, Beijing, China
- Mr. AN Ran, Reporter, China Newsweek, Beijing, China (trainer)
- Ms. Maryn MCKENNA, Independent Journalist/Contributing Writer, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (trainer)
- Mr. David TULLER, Lecturer, Staff Specialist, University of California-Berkeley, San Francisco, California, USA (trainer)
For More Information
Susan Kreifels
Media Programs Coordinator
East-West Center
1601 East-West Road
Honolulu, HI 96848
Phone: (808) 944-7176
Fax: (808) 944-7600
Email: journalismfellowship@eastwestcenter.org
