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For Journalists

The following are helpful links and tools for journalists interested in global health.

Global Health News

• Global Health Council for daily updates on the latest online reports on global health issues and on the activities of Global Health Council member organizations.
  
• Global Health Reporting for daily updates from Kaiser Family Foundation on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.
  
• Global Health Report, a blog by long-time health journalist Christine Gorman with TIME Magazine.

University of Washington

• Story ideas gathered from Department of Global Health faculty, May 2008.
  
• Covering Global Health, Global Health & Journalism Conference, May 2-3, 2008
  
• Conference podcasts and blog of Sanjay Bhatt, a global health reporter for
  the Seattle Times.
• A brief overview of Covering Global Health conference.

Fellowships in Global Health

• Nieman Foundation at Harvard University
  
• The Kaiser Family Foundation Media Fellowships, including global health

Organizations

• Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at the University of Washington. A global network of journalists, journalism educators, and health professionals dedicated to improving media coverage of trauma, conflict, and tragedy.
  
• Association of Health Care Journalists, dedicated to advancing public understanding of health care issues and to improve the quality, accuracy, and visibility of health care reporting, writing, and editing.
• The Communication Initiative Network, a communication and media portal that includes several electronic publications, as well as online research, review, and discussion platforms providing insight into communication for development experiences.