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  • DEADLINE: United Nations Foundation Polio Press Fellowship for Individual Reporting

    "The United Nations Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2026 Polio Press Fellowship for Individual Reporting , geared towards journalists interested in covering stories on polio eradication in polio-affected countries. "Upon participating in a series of virtual polio training sessions, selected journalists will receive funding to travel independently to a country (or countries) at

  • DEADLINE: USC Annenberg California Health Equity Journalism Fellowship

    "Our California Fellowship is designed to support reporters in the Golden State pursuing ambitious, enterprising projects on overlooked health and health equity issues. You decide what stories need to be told in your community to improve health outcomes and we work to support you." Open to California-based professional journalists (including freelancers and national correspondents with

  • DEADLINE: AHCJ Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism

    "Since 2004, the Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism have recognized the best health reporting in print, broadcast and online media. The contest was created by journalists for journalists and is not influenced or funded by commercial or special-interest groups. There are 16 categories. "First-place winners receive $500 and a framed certificate, as well

  • AHCJ Webinar: Building Audience With Local Climate-Health Stories

    "Climate change is often covered as a vast, global crisis, defined by melting ice sheets, stalled international agreements and the persistent grip of fossil fuels. What gets far less attention are the local stories unfolding across the country: clinics adapting to wildfire, counties redesigning emergency response plans for extreme heat, public health responses to vector-borne

  • DEADLINE: National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Awards

    NIHCM's awards "recognize outstanding journalism and policy research that focuses on health care affordability, access and quality, including increasing knowledge of the drivers and impacts of rising health care costs, or identifying solutions to improve health care access and quality." Awards are given annually in the categories: Investigative and general reporting, local media award, television

  • DEADLINE: Ferriss – UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship

    "The Ferriss – UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship offers ten $10,000 reporting grants per year to journalists reporting in-depth print and audio stories on the science, policy, business and culture of this new era of psychedelics. In addition to underwriting individual stories, the Fellowship aims to establish and nurture a new generation of journalists covering

  • STAT Breakthrough East Summit

    Press passes are available for STAT's 2026 Breakthrough East Summit in New York, N.Y. Email events@statnews.com with brief information about your role and organization. Please note that in-person press passes are subject to review by our editorial events team. "2025 brought sweeping change to the health care industry. Massive federal funding cuts, major government policy

  • STAT Breakthrough West Summit

    Press passes are available for STAT’s 2026 Breakthrough West Summit in San Francisco. Email events@statnews.com with brief information about your role and organization. Please note that in-person press passes are subject to review by our editorial events team. "News moves fast — and a lot will change between now and May 2026. What we already know:

  • Health Journalism 2026

    "The Association of Health Care Journalists and the Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism are thrilled to bring Health Journalism ’26 to Minneapolis from May 27–30. Expect four energizing days of immersive field trips, standout sessions, hands-on workshops and abundant opportunities to connect with colleagues from across the country. "At a moment when truth