Thursday, December 12, 2019
Training Opportunities
What's New in Cancer Coverage
Application Deadline: Jan. 24, 2020
Training: March 2-4, 2020
The National Press Foundation is offering a three-day fellowship to educate journalists on cancer-related topics, including prevention, targeted therapies, the latest research, health disparities, data, AI/technology developments, survivorship and more.
Support for this training comes from the American Association for Cancer Research. NPF retains sole responsibility for programming and content.
NPF Awards Dinner
The National Press Foundation awards dinner celebrates compelling journalism and top-tier journalists. This year's award winners include Bob Woodward, Dana Bash, Mindy Marqués Gonzalez and journalists from Politico, AP, Kaiser Health News, CQ Roll Call, NPF and the Univ. of Maryland's Howard Center for Investigative Journalism & Capital News Service. They will all receive their awards at the dinner.
Join us. Your sponsorship of the dinner provides NPF with funds to train journalists throughout the year. All details can be found here or contact Jenny Ash-Maher, jenny@nationalpress.org, 202-663-7285.
Resources
Statehouse and Local Reporting
This week, NPF is training 20 statehouse and local government reporters. Topics explored include covering Congress and the White House from afar and putting the impact of federal government into context for local readers. Click here to view all resources – video, audio, slides and stories – from the program.
ICYMI Resources
NPF Friends and Fellows
Disrupting Dementia | Katherine Foley | Quartz | Dementia 2019
Yoshua Bengio, Revered Architect of AI, Has Some Ideas About What to Build Next | Eliza Strickland | IEEE Spectrum | AI 2018
Pa.’s First-Time Hemp Growers Had High Hopes, But It Could Take Years To See If The Crop Is Worth It | Rachel McDevitt | WITF | Food and Farm 2019
