Kaiser Media Fellowships 2015 Pennsylvania Site Visits May 21, 2015 Page In May 2015, the Foundation invited a group of journalists with a strong focus on health policy and state health reform to participate in a week-long fellowship program focused on how the Affordable Care Act is shaping Pennsylvania’s health care environment. The site visits in Harrisburg and Pittsburgh gave the journalists the…
KaiserEDU.org Selects Winning Student Essays Identifying Future Health Policy Challenges April 29, 2010 News Release The Kaiser Family Foundation announced the winners of its fourth annual essay contest today, sponsored by the foundation’s educational health policy website, kaiserEDU.org. The contest invited students to identify the major health policy challenges the nation will face in the year 2015 and discuss how the top two priorities should…
Marilyn Werber Serafini Chosen as First Robin Toner Distinguished Fellow July 1, 2010 News Release Foundation Establishes Fellowship in Recognition of Former New York Times Health Journalist WASHINGTON, D.C.– National Journal health care and welfare reporter Marilyn Werber Serafini has been selected as the inaugural Robin Toner Distinguished Fellow of the Kaiser Family Foundation. Serafini is a veteran, award-winning journalist who has covered the U.S.…
Taking the Temperature: The Future of Global Health Journalism January 31, 2011 Report Aiming to take a snapshot of the state of global health journalism, a report produced for the Kaiser Family Foundation found that shrinking newsroom budgets and the closing of many foreign bureaus are curtailing global health coverage within traditional news media outlets. Advocacy and nongovernmental organizations are increasingly bypassing news…
Kaiser Media Fellowships 2011 Texas Site Visits November 18, 2011 Page The Kaiser Media Fellows — journalists with a strong focus on health policy and state health reform — were invited to participate in a week-long program focused on health care and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in Texas. Based in Austin and Dallas, the site visits offered journalists the…
Kaiser Media Fellowships 2011 California Site Visits May 6, 2011 Page The first site visit of 2011 focused on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in California. In May 2011, journalists with a strong focus on health policy, state health reform, and/or California-specific policy issues were invited to participate in a week-long program. Based initially in San Francisco and…
Kaiser Media Fellowships 2012 Massachusetts Site Visits May 25, 2012 Page In May 2012 the Kaiser Media Fellows – journalists with a strong focus on health policy and state health reform – were invited to participate in a week-long program focused on containing health care costs, the impact of almost universal health insurance coverage in Massachusetts, and how the Affordable Care…
About Kaiser Media Fellowships in Health Reporting October 17, 2014 Landing Page Since 2011, the fellowship program has focused on the ways that different states have implemented the Affordable Care Act, and the implications of policy decisions for health care providers and patients. The fellowship program provides a week-long site visit and in-depth state-specific briefings for invited health and health policy journalists,…
Kaiser Media Fellowships 2013 Florida Site Visits November 25, 2013 Page In November 2013, the Foundation invited a group of journalists with a strong focus on health policy and state health reform to participate in a week-long fellowship program focused on how the Affordable Care Act is shaping Florida’s health care environment. The site visits in Miami gave journalists the opportunity…
Kaiser Media Fellowships 2014 Georgia Site Visits October 17, 2014 Page In October 2014, the Foundation invited a group of journalists with a strong focus on health policy and state health reform to participate in a week-long fellowship program focused on how the Affordable Care Act is shaping Georgia’s health care environment. The site visits in Atlanta gave the journalists the opportunity…