Thursday, June 30, 2016
Deadline to apply: Wednesday, July 6
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.
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.
This training is underwritten by Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies Inc.
Video Resources
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.
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.
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.
Advice for Covering Political Conventions
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