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in Health Reporting The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Starting in 2007, the interns were asked to select one story from the many they produced during their internship to exhibit on our site along with a brief background on their experience reporting the story. Follow the links in the intern listing to read both the stories and background. 2011 Host Organizations(Learn more about the 2011 interns and see examples of their work)The Boston Globe -…
2001 Kaiser Media Fellows 2000 Kaiser Media Fellows 1999 Kaiser Media Fellows 1998 Kaiser Media Fellows 1997 Kaiser Media Fellows 1996 Kaiser Media Fellows 1995 Kaiser Media Fellows 1994 Kaiser Media Fellows 1993 Kaiser Media Fellows 2001 Kaiser Media Fellows Raney Aronson, producer, FRONTLINE/WGBH, New York CityProject: Alternative medicine."The Alternative Fix," FRONTLINE Bob Davis, medical and science writer, USA TodayProject: Variations in the nation's emergency medical systems and their impacts on survival rates."Six Minutes to…
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,…
Rebecca Adams, health care reporter, Congressional QuarterlyProject: 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 FranciscoProject: 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 PostProject: Reproductive technology,…
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…
and Events Fellowship program site visits remain a central part of the redesigned Kaiser Media Fellowships in Health Program, and all Fellows, regardless of the length of their projects, atake part in the group site visits and meetings during the course of the year. The site visits and events provide journalists with the opportunity for in-depth learning about specific topics in health policy, and aim to address timely policy questions which are both current and…
International Health Journalism Fellowship Project: INDIA Read more information about HIV/AIDS and related health issues in India on GlobalHealthReporting.org - India Country Page and in the updated fact sheet on HIV/AIDS in India. For a reporting guide on AIDS in India (available in English, Tamil, Marathi and Hindi), see The HIV/AIDS Reporting Guide for India. See the Health e-Letter, a monthly newsletter about public health in India. About the Project The Kaiser Family Foundation announced…
A number of factors have been suggested as possible reasons for increasing cost of medical malpractice insurance. For each factor I mention, please tell me whether you feel it is very important, somewhat important, not too important, or not important at all in causing higher malpractice insurance costs. If you do not know enough about some of these factors to have an opinion, just let me know. How important is... Note: Asked of one-half…
(I'm going to read you a list of things some people worry about and others do not. I'd like you to tell me how worried you are about each of the following things.) How worried are you about...your health plan being more concerned about saving money for the plan than about what treatment is best for you? Are you very worried, somewhat worried, not too worried, or not at all worried? Subpopulation/Note: Those who…
Do you think...managed care companies such as HMOs (Health Maintenance Organizations) generally do a good or bad job of serving their consumers? 41% Good job 54 Bad job 5 Not sure/Refused Methodology: Conducted by Harris Interactive, April 5-April 10, 2005 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 1,010. Data provided by The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut.
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