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By Lottie Joiner Molly Schar started as executive director of JAWS in April with lots of experience, a full plate for now and ideas to carry JAWS forward. A Maryland […]
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2023, Inspired By, JAWS CAMP 2023, News
Inspired By: The Commonwealth Fund and JAWS Health Journalism Fellows
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The six fellows, announced in January, are freelance journalists and journalists employed at news agencies in the United States. Their fellowship includes a reporting grant to cover project-related time and expenses along with ongoing mentoring from two experienced health journalists: Naseem Miller, senior health reporter with The Journalists Resource; and Margarita Birnbaum, independent journalist and core topic leader for health equity at the Association of Health Care Journalists.
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By Susy Schultz Talking to Deborah Douglas in late April, the veteran journalist talked about one type of journalism. “For me, Solutions Journalism is the missing piece of the inclusion puzzle that […]
2023, Beverly Wettenstein Women's History Month Speaker Series, Inspired By, News
Inspired By: Amanda Crawford
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By Sharon Walsh JAWS board member Amanda J. Crawford is a journalist and professor who also sings and plays flute in a band, and welcomes counterpoints to her research on […]
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By: Cirien Saadeh, JAWS board member As we continue our celebration of International Women’s Month, this week, JAWS honors Gwen Ifill, pioneering Black woman journalist. When Ifill died at 61 […]
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Cooke’s career spanned decades – and incredibly important moments in our field, even though she did eventually leave journalism to become a full-time activist. From the Red Scare and being subpoenaed to testifying in front of Congress, to reporting on sexual harassment, to her work during the Great Depression, there is so much to learn from this journalist, particularly as we (as a field) have conversations about objectivity and bias, #metoo in the newsroom, newsroom unions, and more.