Below is a complete list of fellowship classes from 1993 – 2007, the fellows’ jobs at the time of their selection to participate, and, where possible, links to work they produced over the course of their fellowship

1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 [on hiatus], 2006, 2007

2007 Kaiser Media Fellows

Dominic Chavez, photographer, and John Donnelly, reporter, Washington bureau, The Boston Globe
Project: Examine the effectiveness of public and private U.S. funding and programs to help AIDS orphans in Africa

Sheri Fink, M.D., freelance reporter, New York City
Project: Medical care in times of crisis and disaster, focused on New Orleans, post-Katrina.

Deborah Franklin, acting deputy science/health editor, National Public Radio, Washington, D.C.
Project: Genetic testing and its implications for individuals and their health insurance coverage

Felice J. Freyer, medical writer, The Providence Journal, Rhode Island
Project: The causes and costs of premature births
"The Price of Miracles" (Providence Journal, special multimedia project)

Tom Jennings, documentary producer, New York City
Immigrant health issues, migrant workers, and health policies related to immigration
Watch the documentary "Seeking Cures With No Prescription" (New York Times, 05/10/08)

Joshua Norman, health reporter, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Mississippi
Mental health and trauma recovery in the Gulf region
Read Josh's blog, "Post Katrina Mental Health"
"Resiliency After Trauma Can Lead to Spiritual Growth" (Sun Herald, 12/24/07)
"Traumas Can Lead to Spiritual Growth" (Sun Herald, 12/23/07)
"Katrina's Aftermath: news with no end in sight" (Nieman Reports, Fall 2007 Issue)
"Resiliency Training Aims to Improve First Responders’ Coping" (Sun Herald, 10/13/07) 

Czerne M. Reid, health and science reporter, The State, Columbia, South Carolina
Federal and state funding for HIV/AIDS treatment and care, and the economic and social impact of the disease in South Carolina

T.R. Reid, Rocky Mountain bureau chief, The Washington Post
A comparative analysis of other countries’ health care financing and delivery systems and the lessons for the U.S.
"Sick Around the World" (Frontline, April 2008)

2006 Kaiser Media Fellows

Laura Beil, freelance journalist, Dallas, TX
Project: Abstinence education – the impact, philosophy, curricula and funding
"Abstinence education faces an uncertain future" (New York Times, 7/18/07)

June Cross, independent documentary film producer, New York City, NY
Project: Hurricane Katrina's impact on the healthcare safety net across the country

Eric Eyre, reporter, The Charleston (West VA) Gazette, Charleston, WV
Project: West Virginia's dental health problems and potential policy solutions
Click here to see Eric's four-part series, published in 2007, on dental health in W. Virginia

Howard Gleckman, senior correspondent, Business Week, Washington, D.C.
Project: Financing long-term care

Paul Jacobs, project team reporter, The San Jose Mercury News, San Jose, CA
Project: The effect of the new World Trade Organization pharmaceutical patenting requirements on health in the developing world, and its potential impact on the U.S.

Joanne Kenen, Washington Congressional correspondent, Reuters News Agency, Washington, D.C.
Project: End-of-life and palliative care – ethics, quality of care, accessibility and cost.
"The New specialty in cancer care" (cure, Spring 2008)
"Doctors in training" (cure, Spring 2008)
"For when it hurts" (cure, Spring 2008)
"Needs of dying children wins heart of actress" (Reuters, 11/23/07)
"Rx for care: being there" (Hadassah Magazine, Vol. 89, November 2007)
"In search of a gentler end" (Stateline.org, 10/29/07)
"The Comfort Connection" (AARP Magazine, September/October 2007)
"A new focus on easing the pain" (Washington Post, 7/3/07)
"Finding palliative care, near and far" (Washington Post, 7/3/07)
"Treating the Body and Soul" (Washingtonian, 7/1/07)

Seema Mathur, medical reporter, CBS 42 KEYE-TV, Austin, TX
Project: Overcrowding in the ER and its impact on healthcare
Click here to see Seema's Report
Seema won a number of awards for her series, ER: In Critical Condition, including:

  National Edward R. Murrow: News Series
   Lone Star Emmy: Health/Science – News Series
   Anson Jones, MD Award Honoring Excellence in Health Communication 
   Association of Health Care Journalists: 2006: Excellence in Health Care Journalism 
   American College of Emergency Physicians: 2006: Journalism of Excellence Award
   South Asian Journalism Association: Outstanding Story on Any Subject: Specialists

Maryn McKenna, journalist and author, Minneapolis, MN
Project: The worsening crisis in emergency departments
 "After the Deluge" (04/2008) More 
 "Two Years Later, Every Day is Monday in New Orleans Emergency Departments" (01/2008) Annals of Emergency Medicine
 "HIV testing: should the emergency department take part?" (03/2007)
 "Polyheme and the ethics of informed consent" (11/2006)
"Anatomy of a pandemic: Emergency departments woefully unprepared for bird flu outbreak" (09/2006)
 "Debate rages over the 'future of emergency care'" (08/2006)
© (2006, 2007) Annals of Internal Medicine

Joe Neel, health editor, science desk, National Public Radio, Washington, D.C.
Project: Counterfeiting of prescription drugs
Click here to see/listen to Joe's report on NPR following a sitevisit to India "Priest revives former TB clinic for AIDS patients" (7/6/07)

Julie Salamon, author, New York City, NY
Project: Portrait of a big urban hospital, and the multicultural community it serves.
Read about Salamon's book, Hospital (Penguin, May 2008)

2004 Kaiser Media Fellows

Daniel Costello, Health Reporter, Los Angeles Times 
Project: Examining the fracturing of the employer-based health insurance model and the implications for employees and their families.
"Not a future they expected" (10/18/2004)
"Asking patients to help shoulder malpractice costs" (10/25/2004)
"Costs Make Employers See Smokers as a Drag" (01/28/2005)
"At what cost?" (04/04/2005)
"Share now, pay later" (05/23/2005)
"Taking matters into their own hands" (05/23/2005)
"A mini price, a mini policy" (06/06/2005)
Articles republished with permission of the Los Angeles Times.
© (2004, 2005) Los AngelesTimes

Micah Fink, Coordinating Producer, Wide Angle, Thirteen/WNET, New York City
Project: Global epidemics and the politics of international cooperation.
"H5N1: Killer Flu," documentary about avian influenza, Wide Angle,  Thirteen/WNET  (09/20/2005)

• Filmmaker notes with producer Micah Fink.
• Transcript of The Washington Post Q&A session with producer Micah Fink and director Steven Silver (09/21/2005)

Articles republished with permission of Wide Angle.
© 2005 Educational Broadcasting Corporation. 

Phil Galewitz, Health Writer, Palm Beach Post
Project: Examining community-based solutions for the uninsured and the consequences of lack of coverage on controlling chronic diseases.
Palm Beach Postseries Caring for the Uninsured, on the local initiatives to provide health care for the uninsured.
"Fragile system the only option" (12/06/2004)
"Palm Beach County program for uninsured seen as model" (12/6/2004)
"North Carolina city sets healthy pace" (02/20/2005)
"N.C. leads the way in free health care" (02/20/2005) 
"Rivalry, fear hinder P.B. County efforts" (02/20/2005)
"Medicaid plan counts on networking" (05/01/2005)
"Caring for the poor; Palm Beach County follows Austin's lead" (05/15/2005)
"Mulling changes for uninsured care, Palm Beach County studies South Florida neighbors" (07/24/2005)
"Local governments find ways to assist with care for uninsured" (07/31/2005)
"Sales taxes used for uninsured health care" (07/31/2005)
Articles republished with permission of the  Palm Beach Post.
© (2004, 2005) Palm BeachPost

Karen Thomas, Feature Writer, The Dallas Morning News
Project: Examining the long-range impact on families living without health insurance or with inadequate coverage.
The Dallas Morning News 3-part series Getting By, on health care and the insurance gap in Texas.
"Insurance gap at root of kids' teeth troubles" (01/15/2006)
"Vanishing safety net" (01/22/2006)
"Living from checkup to checkup" (01/29/2006)
Articles republished with permission of The Dallas Morning News.
© (2006)The Dallas Morning News

Susan Wagner, Producer, 20/20 ABC News
Project: Exploring how celebrity awareness campaigns influence public health behavior and policy, including an in-depth look at paid pharmaceutical spokespeople.

2003 Kaiser Media Fellows

Rebecca Adams, health care reporter, Congressional Quarterly
Project: Examining Medicaid challenges and policy responses in different states.
"Medicaid Reform: Will efforts to cut costs hurt the poor?" The CQ Researcher, Vol. 14, No. 25, Pgs. 589-612 (7/16/2004)

Michael Isip, executive producer, KQED-TV, San Francisco
Project: Barriers to health care -- financial, cultural, systemic -- and the implications for patients and health care workers, and innovative efforts to deliver care.

Liza Mundy, staff writer, The Washington Post
Project: Reproductive technology, and the ethical dilemmas that new, fast-emerging techniques present to doctors, policymakers, and the many patients availing themselves of advances in fertility medicine.

Deborah L. Shelton, medical and public health reporter, St. LouisPost-Dispatch
Project: The drive to increase the number of live organ donors: the medical, ethical, social, economic and other implications.

5 part series on living organ donors, May 6-11, 2005
"Good Samaritan donors need independent advocates, some say"
"Man's second chance hasn't turned out as he expected"
"Donor has physical pain, but peace about decision"
Articles republished with permission of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
© (2003) St. LouisPost-Dispatch

Oriana Zill de Granados, staff reporter/producer, Center for Investigative Reporting, San Francisco
Project: Gun violence as a public health issue, focused on gun violence among Latino youth and its impact on communities in California and nationwide.
"Gangs Reach Out of Prison to Commit Crimes," American RadioWorks and Center for Investigative Reporting.
Oriana's documentary, "Nuestra Familia/Our Family" won the 2007 National Association of Hispanic Journalists Journalism Award for Best Television Documentary.

2002 Kaiser Media Fellows

Jonathan Cohn, senior editor, The New Republic
Project: The transformation of American health care in the 1990s.
Read about Jonathan's book, Sick, (HarperCollins, 2007)
"Sexual Healing," The New Republic (6/30/2003)
 "Beans for Life," The New Republic (9/8/2003)
 "Uncharitable?" New York Times (12/19/2004)

Barry Meier, author
Project: Prescription drug abuse, pain management, and addiction-OxyContin as a case study in regulating the next generation of powerful painkillers.
Interview with Barry Meier, author of Pain Killer (10/30/2003)

Jon Palfreman, senior producer, FRONTLINE
Project: The development, marketing, and pricing of prescription drugs.
"The Other Drug War," FRONTLINE (6/19/2003)

John Price Sankofa, reporter, The New York Amsterdam News
Project: Examining the social, cultural, and psychological roots of African-American health disparities.

Marc Shaffer, independent television producer
Project: Implementing California's Proposition 36 - treatment as an alternative to incarceration for drug addiction.

Robin D. Stone, freelance writer and editor, New York City
Project: The impact of sexual abuse, focused on African-American families.
"No Secrets, No Lies"

2001 Kaiser Media Fellows

Raney Aronson, producer, FRONTLINE/WGBH, New York City
Project: Alternative medicine.
"The Alternative Fix," FRONTLINE

Bob Davis, medical and science writer, USAToday
Project: Variations in the nation's emergency medical systems and their impacts on survival rates.
"Six Minutes to Live or Die," USA Today series on the EMS crisis

Don Finley, science, medicine, and environment editor, The San Antonio Express-News
Project: Obesity in the U.S.
"The Supersize Crisis: Obesity in America," The San Antonio Express-News (12/8/2002 - 12/15/2002)

Merrill Goozner, freelance journalist and associate professor of journalism, New York University
Project: The sources and costs of pharmaceutical innovation.
"Medicine as a Luxury," The American Prospect, (Vol. 13, Issue 1, 1/1/2001 - 1/14/2001)

Andrew Julien, health/medical writer, The Hartford Courant
Project: The influence of social and economic forces on children's health.
"GenStress: A Landscape of Pain," The Cartford Courant (12/15/2002 - 12/18/2002)

Andy Miller, health care business reporter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Project: Indoor air quality and its effects on health in the home and workplace.
"Sick Buildings: A Special Report," The Atlanta Journal Constitution (7/20/2003)

2000 Kaiser Media Fellows

John A. Cutter, freelance health/aging writer, St. Petersburg, FL
Project: Alzheimer's disease--prevention research, access to new treatments, and the impact of the disease on patients and their families.
Forgetful, Fearing Alzheimer's and Hoping for a Cure, New York Times (6/24/2001)
Living with Alzheimer's, Copley News Service (6/20/2001)
Importing Prescription Drugs Potentially Dangerous Rx, Copley News Service (6/13/2001)
'Safe' Does Not Mean 'Risk-Free' to FDA, Copley News Service (6/6/2001)
Progress on Prescription Issue Will Require Give and Take, Copley News Service (2/7/2001)

Mason L. Essif, segment producer, Health Week-PBS, Washington, DC
Project: The e-revolution in health care--how the Internet is affecting access and quality of health information, communication between providers and patients, and medical commerce.

Sarah Lunday, health care industry reporter, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Project: The impact of prescription drugs on the health care industry--financial, ethical, medical and political.

Teresa L. Schraeder, M.D., freelance medical journalist and physician, Boston, MA
Project: Television reporting of health and medical news--a critica