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@zacknewsman.bsky.socialReposted by @chjreportinghealth.bsky.socialPositively HYPED to be a 2026 Data Fellow with the USC Center for Health Journalism. I'm going to dive deeply into a robust pedestrian safety investigation for @coloradosun.com
@chjreportinghealth.bsky.socialThrilled to have you, @zacknewsman.bsky.social!
As the 2026 #USCDataFellows dive into their stories in the coming months, follow @chjreportinghealth.bsky.social to stay up to date on their work!
@chjreportinghealth.bsky.socialThank you to @chcfnews.bsky.social, @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social, the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation and @calendow.bsky.social for their support of the Data Fellowship.
@chjreportinghealth.bsky.socialThe program includes reporting grants, a multiday in-person training and five months of ongoing virtual training and mentorship with some of the nation’s most respected data journalists.
@chjreportinghealth.bsky.socialSelena Ross, The Guardian
Eve Troeh, Capital & Main
@jaxonwhite.bsky.social, Spotlight PA
The competitive Data Fellowship program equips reporters to use the power of original data analysis to investigate health care, health equity and child well-being, and child welfare system challenges.
@chjreportinghealth.bsky.social@ryannemena.bsky.social, Southern California News Group
@zacknewsman.bsky.social, The Colorado Sun
Semantha Norris, Capital & Main
@kateraphael.bsky.social, Long Beach Post
Atavia Reed, Block Club Chicago
Bethany Rodgers, USA TODAY Network
@chjreportinghealth.bsky.socialNik Altenberg, Oaklandside
Sara Cooper, The Chicago Reporter
Gwen Dilworth, Mississippi Today
@sgratas.bsky.social, Georgia Public Broadcasting
@nancyguan.wusf.org , WUSF Public Media
@zackhaber.bsky.social , The Vallejo Sun
@laurenjmapp.bsky.social , Daylight San Diego
@chjreportinghealth.bsky.socialThe USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism is pleased to announce the selection of 16 journalists from across the country to participate in our 2026 Data Fellowship. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/2026DataFellows
@chjreportinghealth.bsky.socialThe webinar will be archived later today at bit.ly/BreakthroughDrugs
@harvardmed.bsky.social @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social @publiccitizen.bsky.social @sydneylupkin.bsky.social @npr.org #ASCJ
@chjreportinghealth.bsky.socialThank you, Dr. Stanford, @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social & @sydneylupkin.bsky.social for sharing their expertise on this topic, & to everyone who joined today’s webinar. We're grateful to the @commonwealthfund.org making this event possible.
@harvardmed.bsky.social @publiccitizen.bsky.social @npr.org
@chjreportinghealth.bsky.social@chjreportinghealth.bsky.social“And I put that in a story…and a lot more people came to me to tell me more things about what they were experiencing.” — @sydneylupkin.bsky.social of @NPR
@chjreportinghealth.bsky.social... ‘We're trying to be really careful, but we're also, like, put in this situation. And if we could be on the brand names, don't you think we’d be on the brand names?’ ...
@sydneylupkin.bsky.social @npr.org
@chjreportinghealth.bsky.social@sydneylupkin.bsky.social of @npr.org: “People who couldn't afford the brand name but were willing to take that risk because that's a calculation they're making for themselves. At one point in the story, a couple times someone said…
@chjreportinghealth.bsky.social...It’s deciding to make sure they eat food or pay for your medication…Forcing someone to make that decision is really challenging.” — Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, @harvardmed.bsky.social
@chjreportinghealth.bsky.socialDr. Fatima Cody Stanford on the struggle for pharmacists: “When you're talking about a family of four, and you're saying, okay, well, that's fine. Just pay $450 a month... @harvardmed.bsky.social
@chjreportinghealth.bsky.social...On the other hand, in many cases they're taking a bigger risk by going this route because these compounding pharmacies are not FDA regulated and going through the same manufacturing sterility checks support you might expect.” — @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social
@chjreportinghealth.bsky.social...which I think is another equity issue because in some ways people are getting access to the products at a cheaper price point because of that…
@chjreportinghealth.bsky.social@sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social: “Because drugs are so expensive, people are searching for them through other means, you have this growing use of compounding pharmacies, ...
@chjreportinghealth.bsky.social...But this gives you some other sense of troubles people are having access to it. So 1 in 4 people have health insurance but are paying the full cost of these drugs themselves. 1 in 7 are discontinuing use.” @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social from @publiccitizen.bsky.social Access to Medicines Program
