Data Fellowship offers journalists an opportunity to transform their reporting by training them to “interview the data” as if it were a human source.
Donor Name: Center for Health Journalism
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 08/10/2022
Grant Size: $1,000-$2,000
Grant Duration: 5 months
Details:
Data Fellowship teaches journalists essential data analysis skills in service of tackling a big health project.
This program offers training on data acquisition, cleaning, analysis and visualization led by some of the nation’s most skilled data reporters and journalism practitioners. They teach journalists how to “bulletproof” their data, ensuring accuracy in reporting. Whether you are new to data reporting or you want to master more advanced techniques such as the “R” programming environment, their personalized program — with its three skills tracks — will equip you with tools and techniques to produce major investigative and explanatory health reporting projects.
They support in Fellowship proposals:
- For California Journalists:
- Topics to consider include mental health and access to mental health care; maternal health, health care access and quality of care for underserved populations; health and homelessness, systemic racism and root causes of health inequities; School-to-prison pipeline as a health issue; how where you live and the environment in which you life influences health and well-being; systemic barriers to health tied to race, poverty, and economic opportunity; ongoing health care, community and public health challenges related to COVID-19; and innovative solutions to the state’s public health and health care challenges.
- For Journalists Nationally:
- Topics to consider include child, youth and family well-being; the role of intergenerational trauma and chronic stress on health, well-being and child development; explorations of families and communities that experience historic and systemic inequities, including youth involved with the foster system; juvenile justice and child health and well-being issues, accountability and solutions journalism focused on improving prospects for children, youth and families; the intersection of race/ethnicity and/or class in child and family outcomes; strengths-based approaches to improving outcomes for vulnerable children and families; creative financing and cross-agency strategies to treat and prevent the impacts of child maltreatment on children and families; and innovative solutions; and community and public health challenges related to COVID-19.
Funding Information
Admitted Fellows receive:
- A $2,000 stipend to defray reporting costs
- A four-day in-person, hands-on training in beginner, intermediate or advanced Excel or R-Studio
- Five months of professional mentorship, including skills-building workshops and ongoing learning
Fellows also are eligible to apply for five months of professional mentorship in engaged journalism and $1,000-$2,000 to support those creative efforts.
Eligibility Criteria
- Professional journalists (including freelancers). They have accepted reporters in the past across all skill and experience levels, from journalists at the smallest rural newspapers to Pulitzer prize winners at national outlets. Just come with a willingness to learn!
- Reporters with varying degrees of experience with data analysis, however applicants should have, at minimum, a basic understanding of Excel. They cater our program to the skillsets of admitted Fellows.
They give preference to:
- Applicants who have a minimum of three years of professional journalism experience
- Reporters pursuing collaborative projects between mainstream and ethnic news outlets
For more information, visit Center for Health Journalism.
