Join the 30th Anniversary Class!Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship is open for applicationsAPPLY For 30 years, the Paul Miller Fellowship has introduced reporters who are new(ish) to Washington to the city they have been assigned to cover. From September to June, this one-day-a-month fellowship gives journalists from all media an intensive – and lively – overview of reporting in the capital. Want to hear what fellows think about it? Watch:
How to Deal with IntimidationLive Webinar | Tuesday, June 13 | 10:00 a.m. ET
REGISTERPolice beating up journalists, extremists kidnapping them, governments jailing reporters and blocking websites – these are everyday challenges while reporting in an authoritarian state. Learn how international journalists cope in a hostile environment, as well as their strategies for mitigating risk and protecting sources. Speaker: Tom Kent, president and CEO, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Food and AgricultureEarlier this month, NPF took 20 journalists to Des Moines, Iowa, for a four-day, in-depth training to examine how food gets from the farm to the kitchen table. Fellows visited a state-of-the-art pig farm and a research facility; learned about drones and organic certification; and received up-to-date CDC and FDA information. These resources--including video, audio, slides and story ideas--are available
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Investigative Reporting TipsRosalind Adams, an investigative reporter for BuzzFeed News, was intrigued by mentions of subpoenas and a federal investigation buried inside a long corporate report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. A year later, after interviewing more than 300 people, Adams came to a powerful conclusion: Universal Health Services, the nation’s largest
for-profit psychiatric hospital chain, was keeping patients, often against their will, for as many days as their insurance allowed. Watch Adams discuss her award-wining work.
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