Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute from noon to 12:30 ET Tuesday, Feb. 25, to learn about the types of infrastructure that support collaboration between public health and health care delivery systems.
Collaborative tools including MOUs among organizations, data-sharing agreements, Community Health Needs Assessments, and creative financing are among the methods some networks have found successful when addressing critical needs. Dr. Rishi Manchanda, CEO of HealthBegins, will lead this session that will help journalists tap into and report on these tools, which are often complex.
This training will feature advice on how journalists can turn these niche concepts into dinner-table conversations to help drive the public’s understanding of their health ecosystem.
This program is part of the Institute’s inaugural Public Health Reporting Fellowship, funded by the Common Health Coalition. It’s being opened to the public at no cost.
As high school seniors, Natasha Torkzaban, Morgan Salisbury and Jack Tell realized their school’s new AI-powered monitoring tool could put their reporting materials — including confidential sources and stories in progress — in the hands of administrators. Learn how they successfully stood up for their press freedom rights and how you can too.
This event is one in a series leading up to Student Press Freedom Day on Feb. 27. Learn more at studentpressfreedom.org.
This free one-hour Solutions Journalism Network webinar will explore the basic principles and pillars of solutions journalism, talk about why it’s important, explain key steps in reporting a solutions story, and share tips and resources for journalists interested in investigating how people are responding to social problems. We will also explore additional resources we have on hand for your reporting, including the Solutions Story Tracker, a database of more than 15,000 stories tagged by beat, publication, author, location, and more, a virtual heat map of what’s working around the world.
Keeping the Light On: Holding Government Accountable
A free, public event on government transparency and the First Amendment
The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution provides for the “right of the people to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” But what does that mean and how does it work?
On Monday, March 10, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications and the New England First Amendment Coalition (NEFAC) are celebrating Sunshine Week with an expert panel discussion, Keeping the Light On: Holding Government Accountable. The event will be held at the Nackey S. Loeb School, inside the NH Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH.
It is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is required.
Hosted annually in celebration of Sunshine Week, this panel will examine the values of open and responsive government and how we all play a role. The conversation, moderated by Annmarie Timmins, reporter at NH Public Radio, will feature Gilles Bissonnette, legal director, ACLU of New Hampshire; Emily Gray Rice, City Solicitor for the city of Manchester, NH; and Gregory V. Sullivan of Malloy & Sullivan, a First Amendment law specialist and board member of the host organizations.
Sunshine Week is a national initiative supported by the Society of Professional Journalists to educate the public about the importance of open government and the dangers of excessive and unnecessary secrecy.
Join us on March 13 at the UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law for a vital discussion on the crisis in affordable healthcare. With healthcare costs continuing to rise, the affordability crisis is threatening federal, state, and family budgets, with almost 70% of people in New Hampshire delaying or going without healthcare in the last year due to cost. Federal and state policy responses are in flux.
Award-winning health reporter Noam N. Levey, a senior correspondent with KFF Health News, and Health and Life Sciences Law Professor Lucy Hodder will discuss federal and state responses to this crisis and their prospects for making healthcare more – or less – affordable.
Recent developments that could have major consequences include cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, drastic changes to the ACA and its individual marketplace coverage, and a departure from previous Trump and Biden administration efforts to cut prescription drug prices.
The discussion will be moderated by Laura Knoy, Community Engagement Director for Rudman Center.
When: March 13, 2025, 5:45 – 7:15 p.m., followed by a reception.
Where: The UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law, 2 White Street, Concord, NH, Room 282. (Please use the entrance on the corner of Washington and Rumford Streets.)
A Zoom link will be provided for those who prefer to join remotely.
Registration is required. Please register here by March 12.
This event is generously sponsored by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, which provides support for an annual fiscal responsibility symposium at the UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law.
The Trump administration has already had a significant impact on how the U.S. implements public health policies domestically and on a global scale. The president temporarily paused health-related communications from several federal agencies, has frozen foreign aid, and attempted to halt federal spending for public health research. And the Senate confirmed Robert F Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services Secretary.
These actions present new challenges for journalists covering public health policy, especially as some traditional sources of vital information have become unavailable in wide swaths or made more difficult to access.
Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute from noon to 12:30 p.m. ET Tuesday, March 25 to learn how to adapt to this new environment and innovative ways to tell critical public health stories.
This program is part of the Institute’s inaugural Public Health Reporting Fellowship, funded by the Common Health Coalition. It’s being opened to the public at no cost.
Newsletters remain one of the most powerful tools for driving audience engagement and loyalty, but how do you make yours stand out in an increasingly crowded inbox? In this free webinar, we’ll dive into proven strategies to create newsletters that not only captivate readers but also grow your subscriber base.
Learn how to craft compelling subject lines, optimize content for your audience’s needs, and use personalization to boost open rates and click-throughs. We’ll also explore how to leverage segmentation, automation, and analytics to refine your strategy and keep your readers coming back for more.
Host: David Arkin, CEO of David Arkin Consulting