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Prior to 2003, travel and research grants were awarded to print and broadcast journalists and editors to report on health policy and public health issues for publication/broadcast. For details of the mini-fellowship awards for 1997-2001, see below. Click here to see Mini-Fellows' Work Fourteen journalists were awarded Kaiser Media Mini-Fellowships in 2001/2002, to research and report on the following issues: Constance Alexander, freelance writer and independent producer, WKMS-FM: End-of-life issues in rural western Kentucky.Jenni Bergal,…

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Health Care in Cuba By Mason Essif April 21 - May 2, 2001 For ten days the six Fellows of the 2000/2001 Kaiser Media Fellowship program explored and evaluated the health care system of Cuba. They met with doctors, nurses, administrators, experts and government officials. The topics ranged from housing conditions to mental health and from STD/HIV prevention to cardiac surgery. While most of the time was spent in…

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation 2000/01 Kaiser Media Fellowships Program Meeting of 2000/01 Fellows and Fellowship program advisory committeeSunday, May 20-Monday, May 21, 2001 Hotel Accommodations: The Washington Monarch Hotel, 2401 M Street NW, Washington, D.C., 20037 (Tel: 202-429-2400; fax: 202-457-5010) Sunday, May 20 7:00pm: Meet in hotel lobby 7:30pm: Dinner--The Bistro, The Washington Monarch Hotel (at left of hotel lobby) Monday, May 21 8:00am: Metro to Food and Drug Administration 9:00 - 12:00am:…

2001 Kaiser Media Fellowships Program Kaiser Media Fellowships program sitevisit to San Antonio and Laredo, TX:Sunday, July 29-Friday, August 3, 2001 Accommodations: The Menger Hotel, 204 Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, TX 78205 (Tel: 210-223-4361; fax: 210-228-0022) Sunday, July 29 Meet in Miami airport6:30pm: Meet in hotel lobby 7:00pm: Dinner, The Grant Room, The Menger Hotel, with Bibi Lobo, vice president, National Latino Children's Institute Monday, July 30-San Antonio The Grant Room, The Menger Hotel8:30am: Buffet…

Bridging Benefit Gaps Patchwork care makes health solution elusive 04/02/2000 By Charles Ornstein Reprinted with permission of The Dallas Morning News Although the vast majority of Americans receive health insurance through their employers, by no means is the quality of coverage the same. Just ask Harry and Louise. The fictional middle-aged couple - created by the nation's insurance lobby - helped undermine public confidence in President Clinton's health-care reform proposal through a series of television…

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation 2001/02 Kaiser Media Fellowships Program Kaiser Media Fellowships program sitevisit to Seattle, WA and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Sunday, August 4--Friday, August 9, 2002 Accommodations : Sunday, August 4-Wednesday, August 7/Seattle: W Seattle Hotel, 1112 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101 Wednesday, August 7-Friday, August 9/Vancouver: Metropolitan Hotel, 645 Howe Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6C 2Y9 Sunday, August 4-Seattle, WA 6:15pm: Drinks 7:00pm: Dinner--Studio 3, 2nd floor, W Seattle…

Speeding to the rescue can have deadly results Ambulances rack up disproportionate crashes, leading some to doubt value of 'running hot' 03/21/2002 By Robert DavisReprinted with permission of USA Today Denver paramedic Otis McKay Jr. saw the fear in the young woman's eyes just before he mowed her down with his 5-ton ambulance. The seasoned paramedic had seen people die before. But watching 19-year-old Virginia Magalhaes-Rosa trying in vain to outrun his out-of-control ambulance in…