Media Internships & Fellowships

The Media Fellowships and Internships Program provides selected journalists with unique opportunities to gain an in-depth grasp of U.S. health and health policy issues, through site visits, briefings and discussions with policy experts and fellow editors and reporters. The focus is squarely on State, national and global health policy issues, with the aim of encouraging and informing coverage of the complex economic, political and medical issues involved for a broad range of audiences.

Media Internships in Health Reporting

The Kaiser Media Internships in Health Reporting is for early career U.S. journalists interested in specializing in health reporting. The program provides an intensive introduction and practical experience reporting on health issues based at newsrooms across the U.S. The application deadline for the 2013 program has passed.

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Media Fellowships in Health Reporting

Since 2011, the fellowship program has focused on the ways that different States are implementing 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, with invitations tailored to the topics and issues addressed. Visit this page for information on the most recent site visits.

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Global Health Reporting Projects

Since 2010, the Kaiser Foundation has launched several projects focused on U.S. global health policy reporting by U.S. news organizations. These include an annual reporting fellowship program with GlobalPost and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, a detailed review and report on the future of global health journalism, and a discussion with USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah co-sponsored by the Kaiser Foundation, the Nieman Foundation, and GlobalPost.

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Browse 2012 Interns and Their Work

Sixteen interns reported on a wide range of health and medical issues at major news organizations—from asthma, obesity and HIV/AIDS, to The Affordable Care Act and Medicaid--producing many stories during the summer. The clips included here represent just a selection of the work produced during the 2012 program.

Browse 2012 Interns

"The Kaiser internship program did more than place me at a great newspaper; it also gave me the training I needed to work there. During our training session in Washington, D.C., I met sources and came up with ideas that became my biggest stories over the summer."

Neena Satija, 2011 Health Reporting Intern

"At a time when the demands of daily journalism can be overwhelming, the fellowships provide an invaluable opportunity to take a few days for an intense, comprehensive look at how health reform is playing out across the country. The reporting I did on two fellowships – to California and Massachusetts – led to front page stories and to new contacts that remain go-to sources for my ongoing coverage of health policy."

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