2002 Kaiser Media Fellows

Jonathan Cohn, senior editor, The New RepublicProject: 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, authorProject: 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, FRONTLINEProject: The development, marketing, and pricing of prescription drugs. “The Other Drug War,” FRONTLINE (6/19/2003)

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

Marc Shaffer, independent television producerProject: Implementing California’s Proposition 36 – treatment as an alternative to incarceration for drug addiction.

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

Contact Information:

For more information, please email mediafellows@kff.org.