Thursday, June 30, 2016

Deadline to apply: Wednesday, July 6

Paul Miller Fellowship:

Learn how to master Washington

For more than 25 years, the Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship has introduced promising young reporters to the city they have been assigned to cover. From September to June, this one-day-a-month fellowship will give journalists new to D.C. an intensive – and lively – overview of reporting in the capital. Fellows will visit the Pentagon, the Supreme Court, the Capitol and other key Washington institutions. They’ll discuss politics with policymakers, top experts and the best reporters in the business. And they’ll network with colleagues who will help them grow personally and professionally.

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Funding for this training is provided by Mazda Foundation.

 

Deadline to apply: Wednesday, July 13

Training Journalists on the Complexities of Mental Health

Over four days, journalists will dive into a range of topics, including diagnosis and intervention; developments in treatment and research; economic impact; demographics; mental health legislation and public policy reforms; successful models in crisis intervention training for law enforcement; and community-based care. They'll also look at best practices for reporting on mental illness and mental health policy, with a focus on crimes involving the mentally ill. 

The all-expenses-paid fellowship covers airfare, ground transportation, hotel costs and most meals. The training will be held Sept. 18-21 in Washington, D.C. This program is for U.S.-based journalists only.

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This training  is underwritten by Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies  Inc.

 

Video Resources

 

What to Do When Terrorists Attack Your City

Are you covering Istanbul or Orlando? In this video, Annie Linskey of The Boston Globe, Scott Kraft of the Los Angeles Times and Carrie Budoff Brown of POLITICO Europe offer tips and suggestions based on their experiences in other cities attacked by terrorists.

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Building and Leading Reporting Teams

Jeff Leen, investigations editor for The Washington Post, has participated in nine Pulitzer-winning packages – two as a reporter, seven as editor. In this video, he describes how he builds cohesive teams to execute compelling and powerful journalism.

WATCH

 
 

Save the date: 2017 NPF Journalism Awards Dinner

Thursday, February 16, 2017

See photos from the 2016 Dinner

 

Resources for covering Cleveland and Philly

 

Delegate Rules and Covering Conventions

Veteran delegate counter Stephen Ohlemacher of The Associated Press offers tips, resources and predictions for the presidential nominating conventions this summer – with the Republicans meeting in Cleveland July 18-21 and the Democrats in Philadelphia July 25-28.

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Advice for Covering Political Conventions 

If this summer will be your first time as a political convention reporter, it can be an overwhelming experience. In this video,  2012 convention newbies Tracie Mauriello of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Christina Wilkie of The Huffington Post and Ginger Gibson of Reuters discuss their first conventions and lessons learned.

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Congratulations to our Future of Food and Agriculture fellows!

NPF has chosen 20 journalists for in-depth training to explore the future of food and agriculture in St. Louis next month. Over four days, journalists will hear from experts on the ways food is grown, marketed, sold and, unfortunately, often wasted. They will also learn about controversies over labels, growing methods, GMOs, pesticide and herbicide use, antibiotics, global trade and government regulation.

Amy Bickel | The Hutchinson News | Kansas

Erin Booke | The Dallas Morning News | Texas

Catherine Boudreau |POLITICO | Washington, D.C.

Susanna Capelouto | WABE radio, CNN freelance | Georgia

Jere Downs | The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.) | Kentucky

Bryce Gray | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Missouri

Dan Higgins | USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin | Wisconsin

Jonathan Knutson | Agweek | North Dakota

Gretchen McKay | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Pennsylvania

Elizabeth Miller | Santa Fe Reporter | New Mexico

Angela Oliver | Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer | Kentucky

Tammy Paolino | Courier-Post (Cherry Hill, N.J.) | New Jersey

Jacob Pucci | The Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) | New York

Anne Reed | The News-Press (Fort Myers, Fla.) | Florida

Allan Richter | Energy Times | New York

Annie Ropeik | Indiana Public Broadcasting | Indiana

Eden Stiffman | The Chronicle of Philanthropy | Washington, D.C.

Lori Valigra | Mainebiz | Maine

Lauren  Vaught | CNN | Georgia

John Wiegand | MiBiz | Michigan

 
 

NPF Friends and Fellows

C-SPAN is hiring; take a look at job openings

Americans drinking less soda, eating more whole grains and nuts | Lisa Rapaport  | Reuters| Obesity 2016

Local news isn’t dead. We just need to stop killing it. | Jim Brady | NPF board of directors

Life on and after opioids: One dancer's journey | Jed Lipinski | The Times-Picayune | Opioids 2016