The National Press Foundation has chosen 20 journalists for the upcoming “Covering the Heart Beat” fellowship.
During this four-day training in West Palm Beach, Florida, journalists look at all facets of heart health and heart disease: who is at risk, symptoms, preventive care, treatment, demographics, data, and the latest science and medicine.
The journalists are:
Ayanna Alexander | Bloomberg Law
Sonia Azad | WFAA-TV
Amanda Cuda | Hearst Connecticut Media Group
Marisa Fernandez | Axios
Max Filby | The Columbus Dispatch
Faye Flam | Freelance, Bloomberg
Phil Galewitz | Kaiser Health News
Jacqueline García | La Opinión
Lisa Gillespie | WFPL
Angela Haupt | U.S. News & World Report
Emily Holden | The Guardian
Sandee LaMotte | CNN
Steven Petrow | The Washington Post
Chloe Reichel | Journalist’s Resource at the Harvard Kennedy School
Katja Ridderbusch | Freelance
Alex Smith | KCUR, Kaiser Health News
Kate Thayer | Chicago Tribune
Dennis Thompson | HealthDay
Patty Wight | Maine Public
Emily Woodruff | The New Orleans Advocate, The Times-Picayune
Support for this training comes from Bayer. NPF retains sole responsibility for programming and content.