January 17 - 20, 2016 in Washington, DC

Cancer kills nearly 600,000 people in the United States a year. And 40% of people will be diagnosed with some type of cancer during their lifetime. The all-expenses-paid fellowship in Washington covers airfare, ground transportation, hotel costs and most meals. NPF offers this professional development opportunity for U.S. journalists to enhance skills, increase knowledge and recharge their reporting on one of today’s most critical health and social issues.

Application Deadline: Monday, Nov. 9, 2015

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Make sure you are in the ballroom when NPF celebrates our 40th anniversary of Making Good Journalists Better. With journalism's best receiving awards and 1,000 media and corporate attendees, the NPF Awards Dinner is not to be missed.

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Capitol Hill can be a bewildering place for reporters new to Washington. It can also be a goldmine.

In this video, Paul Singer, Washington correspondent at USA Today, shares great tips for journalists, especially on ways to dig into lawmakers’ personal financial disclosures, disbursement reports and campaign donations.

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Breakthrough cancer drugs beware the media hype
Dennis Thompson| HealthDay Reporter | Cancer 2014

The benefits of paid leave for children are real, majority of research says
Jen Christensen | CNN | Obesity 2014

We’re Taking More of Most Prescription Drugs
Alice Park | TIME | Precision Medicine 2015

100 million couples would be eligible under a universal two-child policy
Shan Juan | China Daily |Tobacco 2015

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