The National Press Foundation is excited to welcome 18 journalists to its America’s Long-Term Care Crisis Fellowship in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1-4, 2023. This year’s class has been drawn from newsrooms across the country. In keeping with NPF’s mission to “make good journalists better,” the four-day training will feature leading researchers, policymakers, experts and advocates to help guide journalists on how COVID underscored and exacerbated the long-standing challenges that family caregivers and long-term care workers face; the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers, which stemmed from the RAISE Family Caregivers Act and includes around 500 actions that could be taken by federal, state and local governments; how Millennial and Generation Z caregivers are navigating intergenerational challenges and more. NPF offers this professional development opportunity for journalists to enhance skills, increase knowledge and recharge their reporting.

The journalists are: 

Clara Bates | The Missouri Independent | Missouri

Marquita Brown | Freelance | Virginia

Ambar Castillo | Epicenter-NYC | New York

Heidi de Marco | Freelance | California

Whitney Downard | Indiana Capital Chronicle | Indiana

Kate Giammarise | 90.5 WESA, Pittsburgh’s NPR News Station | Pennsylvania

Jessie Hellmann | CQ Roll Call | Washington, D.C.

Liz Howard | WEAA | Maryland

Thomas Hughes | Bay City News | New York

Nina Keck | Vermont Public | Vermont

Alex Lo | NBC News | New York

Sara Luterman | The 19th* | Washington, D.C.

Naydeline Mejia | Women’s Health | New York

Clavel Rangel | El Tiempo Latino | Florida

Ande Richards | NJ Advance Media | New Jersey

Kathy Ritchie | KJZZ News | Arizona

Emily Schabacker | The Billings Gazette | Montana

Matt Sedensky | The Associated Press | New York

This fellowship is sponsored by AARP. The National Press Foundation is solely responsible for programming and content.