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The Kaiser Media Fellowships in Health: Previous Fellows and Their Work Below is a complete list of fellowship classes from 2000 – 2009, 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. 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 [on hiatus],2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 2009 Kaiser Media Fellows Lawrence K. Altman, M.D., "The Doctor's World" columnist and former senior medical…
Research shows that most children and adolescents do not get enough high-quality sleep, and that their sleep times appear to have declined over the last two decades. Coinciding with this trend has been the rise in popularity of new media forms including the Internet, video games, cell phones and DVDs. Because of the immediacy and interactivity of these new technologies, young people are using media at times and in ways that might interfere with sleep…
The Kaiser Media Fellowships in Health: Advisory Committee A national advisory committee makes the final selection of fellows, and helps in shaping and enhancing their fellowship experience, and in developing the fellowship program to its full potential. The following members make up the advisory committee: Paul Delaney, Director, Initiative on Racial Mythology, Washington, D.C. Timothy Johnson, M.D., Medical Editor, ABC News Bill Kovach, Chairman, Committee of Concerned Journalists Sharon Rosenhause, Former Managing Editor, The South…
International Health Journalism Fellowship Project: RUSSIA/UKRAINE 2007 Fellows "Seryozha" A Documentary on Children and HIV/AIDS in Russia "Seryozha" is a documentary film about orphans living on the streets of St. Petersburg, Russia, some of whom are HIV-positive or have lost parents to AIDS. Filmmaker Denis Kuzmin follows the life of one orphan and through him tells the larger story of "street kids" exposed to drugs, sex and illnesses, including HIV/AIDS. Kuzmin received financial support through…
International Health Journalism Fellowship Project: RUSSIA/UKRAINE Recent Project Events 2007 Kyiv, Ukraine, Training program – On the Frontline of an Epidemic: Reporting on HIV/AIDS in Mass Media, April 2007 (.pdf) Kyiv, Ukraine, Reporting on ARV- treatment in Mass Media, March 2007 (.pdf) 2006 Moscow, Russia, Training for Journalists and Representatives of AIDS-service Organizations, November 2006 (.pdf) Kyiv, Ukraine, Journalism Training Workshop in the Coverage of HIV/AIDS, June 2006 (.pdf) Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, HIV/AIDS Reporting in Mass…
International Health Journalism Fellowship Project: RUSSIA/UKRAINE 2006 Fellows Natalia A. Feduschak, a Kaiser International Fellow and a freelance journalist, wrote and delivered the following lectures about HIV/AIDS to journalism students at the Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University and Kyiv International University between April 2005 and November 2006. The lectures are based on her own research and interviews conducted in Ukraine and Europe, through resources provided by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Transatlantic Partners Against AIDS, numerous…
International Health Journalism Fellowship Project: RUSSIA/UKRAINE 2004 Fellows "Time to Live" Irina Roldugina, Akzia, December 2004 (.pdf) << International Health Journalism Fellowship Project: Russia main page
International Health Journalism Fellowship Project: RUSSIA/UKRAINE 2005 Fellows "Stop AIDS Series" Tatyana Fedyaeva, Narodnoe Radio, July 28, 2005 (.pdf) "HIV/AIDS Close-Up" Yuri Tishkov, Vecherniy Krasnoyarsk, August 2, 2005 (.pdf) "Stop AIDS Series" Tatyana Fedyaeva, Narodnoe Radio, September 4, 2005 (.pdf) "Lost Children Series" Olga Sedurina, Echo of Moscow Radio In Perm, October 12, 2005 (.pdf) "Lost Children Series" Olga Sedurina, Echo of Moscow Radio In Perm, October 26, 2005 (.pdf) "HIV in Kaliningrad" Irina Raldugina,…
Finally, it bears mentioning for organizations like Kaiser that do research and analysis and are committed to public education on complex health policy issues, that the kinds of activities that will be most useful will vary depending on what stage we are at on the "critical path." At this early stage, education about the problems and the issues is critically important to establish the facts and dispel myths. What are the public's concerns and experiences…
If there is a debate in the new Congress in 2009 about comprehensive health reform legislation, a major question is: Will there be an appetite for a bipartisan, centrist deal? No matter who is in the White House or what the margins are in the Senate, it is very unlikely that the deep divisions about how to reform our health care system between left and right will have been transformed enough to support passage of legislation…
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