The Kaiser Media Internships in Health Reporting

Sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation, this is an intensive 12-week summer internship for young United States (US) journalists interested in specialising in health reporting, with a particular commitment to coverage of health issues affecting diverse and immigrant communities.

The Media Internships Program provides an initial week-long briefing on health issues and health reporting in Washington, DC, US. Interns are then based for ten weeks at their newspaper, online, or radio/TV station, typically under the direction of the Health or Metro Editor/News Director, where they report on health issues. The programme ends with a 3-day meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, US, to hear critiques from senior journalists and to go on final site visits. The aim is to provide young journalists or journalism college graduates with an in-depth introduction to and practical experience on the specialist health beat.

Application deadlines for the 2011 Program are: December 1 2010 for print and online, and January 6 2011 for broadcast.