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Somewhat off topic, but . . . Training for journalist
Does anyone know of a similar program for the nuclear field?
-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
3050 Traymore Lane
Bowie, MD 20715-2024
E-mail: jenday1@email.msn.com (H)
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Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 15:25:55 -0500
From: "NIH OLIB (OD)" <olib@OD.NIH.GOV>
Subject: Knight Center for Specialized Journalism Medical Science Fellowsh
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for Journalists at the National Institutes of Health, March 11-29,
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NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Knight Center for Specialized Journalism
Medical Science Fellowships for Journalists at the
National Institutes of Health
March 11-29, 2002
The Knight Center offers journalists a chance to immerse
themselves in three weeks of independent study at the
National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. Funded by
the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, this
fellowship allows for in-depth inquiry into areas of
cutting-edge research at the NIH's renowned labs and
clinics. Journalists are teamed with research mentors and
spend their days talking with clinical researchers,
observing ongoing laboratory research, interviewing other
NIH experts, attending NIH lectures, seminars and major
meetings on various topics, and doing research at the
state-of-the-art NIH medical library.
Call Peggy DeBona, 301/985-7279, at the Knight Center for
more information on the program. For more information on
NIH, call Bobbi Bennett, 301/594-9551.
Applications are sought from reporters, editors, editorial
writers and broadcasters working for independent news
organizations. Applications must be received by January 7,
2002. The fellowships cover lodging, meals and a travel
subsidy (half the cost of travel, up to $300). The
Knight Center encourages women and minority applicants. The
Knight Center is funded by the John S. and James L. Knight
Foundation, and is an affiliate of the Philip Merrill
College of Journalism, University of Maryland.
To apply, please send four copies of each of the following:
-- A resume
-- A concise proposal for a course of study focusing on a
specific area of medical science
-- A supervisor's strong nominating letter that agrees to
cover salary and partial travel. Freelancers send a letter
of recommendation from an editor.
-- Three published articles. Editors may send edited work.
Broadcast journalists send an audiotape or VHS videotape,
under 30 minutes
Send the application materials to:
Carol Horner, Director
Knight Center for Specialized Journalism,
290 University College,
University of Maryland, Building # 345,
College Park, MD 20742-1645
Applications must be received by January 7, 2002.
Contact the Knight Center at (301) 985-7279, via email
<knight@umail.umd.edu> or see our webpage:
http://www.inform.umd.edu.knight
The four journalists who received fellowships in 1998, and
their areas of research:
-- Ken Garber, Ann Arbor Observer [genetics and cancer]
-- Leigh Hopper, Austin American-Statesman [infectious
disease]
-- Anita Manning, USA Today [immunology and genetics]
-- Mike Stobbe, The Florida Times-Union [diabetes]
The seven participants in 2000 were:
-- Laura Jane Beil, The Dallas Morning News [epidemiology]
-- John G. Carlton, St. Louis Post Dispatch [hepatitis C]
-- Marlene Cimons, Los Angeles Times, Washington Bureau
[genetics and genome mapping]
-- Nicole Foy, San Antonio Express-New [addiction]
-- Margaret M. Fox, Reuters, Washington Bureau [genetics
and gene therapy]
-- Patrick McGee, Orthopedics Today magazine
[musculoskeletal medicine]
-- Lauran Neergaard, The Associated Press, Washington
[neurological disease and the brain]
Comments from Fellows on the progam:
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"An invaluable opportunity."
John G. Carlton, St.Louis Post-Dispatch
"There is no better way to see medical science in real time
and with real people."
Margaret M. Fox, Reuters
"Gave me a base of knowledge on which to build and great
contacts for future stories."
Anita Manning, USA Today
"I don't think I had ever been so absorbed in what I was
doing, and so eager to go to work each morning. One of the
main gratifications of journalism is the chance to talk to
bright people doing interesting and important things, and I
got that chance every day at the NIH."
Ken Garber, Ann Arbor Observer
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