Deadline: September 12, 2023.

The National Press Foundation is offering an online conference for journalists who wish to cover rare diseases from Nov. 13-17, 2023.

The program will provide online briefings and question-and-answer sessions with top experts in rare diseases, diagnostics, targeted testing and drug development, as well as from leaders of patient advocacy groups and journalists who have covered these issues extensively.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

1. Open to journalists anywhere in the world
2. Employed journalists will need a letter of support from their editor, which includes a commitment to allow time off equivalent to the fellowship hours. For example, programming will run for roughly four hours per day Nov. 13-17 to accommodate waking hours in most time zones; journalists should be given four hours off of work on those days. This is to ensure full participation.
3. Freelance journalists should submit a letter from a news outlet interested in publishing their work.
4. Journalists may work in any medium (print, radio, TV, online) and any language. 
5. Manuscripts or links to published work must be submitted in English, French, Spanish, German, Chinese or Portuguese by Feb. 29, 2024 (translation for works in languages other than English and French will be provided).
6. Broadcast journalists may submit a summary and a link or recording of their story.

BENEFITS

NPF will also give up to $3,000 in reporting grants for participating journalists to cover travel expenses and time in executing a rare diseases project of their choosing.

OFFICIAL LINK