The Kaiser Family Foundation, through its Media Fellowships Program, is seeking applications for its mini-fellowships for global health reporting. The 2009 Kaiser Mini-Fellowships Program for Global Health Reporting will award travel and project support to print, radio, television, and online journalists (including freelancers) to research and report on global health issues, with a particular focus on issues related to HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria. The purpose is to encourage in-depth reporting on the health, social, economic, political and cultural implications of major public health issues and on the response to these challenges. Awards of up to $10,000 will be given to journalists to cover travel and research expenses relating to a specific project of their choice for publication or broadcast.

This program is for journalists working for English-language news organizations with target audiences in North America and/or Europe. Priority will be given to projects otherwise unlikely to be undertaken or completed, focusing on issues that have not been reported or are under-reported, and which have a high likelihood of being published/aired/posted and of reaching a mass audience. Reporting projects can be local or international in scope, but should focus on public health concerns - or responses - that are of global relevance. Awards will be announced in early 2009.

Applicants should submit - by October 23, 2008 - a summary of their project; a budget outline and estimated timeframe; a resume; examples of recent work; and letters of support from a supervising editor/news director.
Applicants should look at the program website to review all the application details, including the process and required materials and to see examples of reporting by the 2008 mini-fellows.

All materials must be received in hard copy at the address below by Thursday, October 23, 2008. for more information go to:
http://kaiserfamilyfoundation.com/

If you have further questions about the fellowship or would like to clarify any of the application requirements, please send an email to mediafellows(at)kff.org before you submit your application materials.