2023 USC Annenberg Centre for Health Journalism Data Fellowship (Funding Available)
Deadline: July 17, 2023.
The Data Fellowship offers journalists an opportunity to transform their reporting by training them to “interview the data” as if it were a human source. Equipped with the tools to find original sources of information and perform data analysis, Fellows graduate from this hands-on training program prepared to produce a major investigative or explanatory health reporting project in the months that follow.
This program offers training on data acquisition, cleaning, analysis and visualization led by some of the nation’s most skilled data reporters and journalism practitioners. They teach journalists how to “bulletproof” their data, ensuring accuracy in reporting. Whether you are new to data reporting or you want to master more advanced techniques such as the “R” programming environment, our personalized program — with its three skills tracks — will equip you with tools and techniques to produce major investigative and explanatory health reporting projects.
Following the training week, Senior Fellows mentor reporters as they pair original data analysis with compelling narratives culminating in a groundbreaking Fellowship project focusing on an overlooked health issue in their community.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
- Fellowships are open only to professional journalists. Full-time students are not eligible to apply.
- They welcome freelancers to apply, but they must earn the bulk of their income from journalism and have a confirmed assignment.
- They welcome journalists from newsrooms both large and small.
- For most Fellowships, they prefer for candidates to have a minimum of three years of professional experience.
BENEFITS
- A $2,000 stipend to defray reporting costs
- A four-day in-person, hands-on training in beginner, intermediate or advanced Excel or R-Studio
- Five months of professional mentorship, including skills-building workshops and ongoing learning
Fellows also are eligible to apply for five months of professional mentorship in engaged journalism and $1,000-$2,000 to support those creative efforts.
