Three dozen journalists gathered at the San Francisco Chronicle for this workshop on multicultural health issues in the Bay Area. The workshop, the third of its kind presented in California by AHCJ over the past year, was sponsored by The California Endowment. Logistical support also came from The Maynard Institute for Journalism Education.
Slideshows of two speaker presentations with audio are now available:
- Anthony Iton, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., health officer for Alameda County, Calif., discusses uncovered stories in multicultural communities.
- Sally Lehrman, an independent journalist and diversity chair for the Society of Professional Journalists, talks about covering the multicultural community with limited resources.
Audio (MP3) is available for all of the sessions:
- Workshop welcome and introduction (3 MB, 9 minutes)
- Ellen Wu, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, on health care reform efforts and effects on diverse communities (8 MB, 23 minutes)
- Anthony Iton, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., health officer for Alameda County, Calif. and Arnab Mukherjea, M.P.H., executive committee chair, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, discuss uncovered stories in multicultural communities. AHCJ board member Andrew Holtz serves as the moderator. (full session is 24 MB; 1 hour, 9 minutes)
- Introduction to "Uncovered stories in multicultural communities" (1.4 MB, 2 minutes)
- Anthony Iton, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., health officer for Alameda County, Calif. (11 MB, 31 minutes)
- Arnab Mukherjea, M.P.H., Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health (6.8 MB, 17 minutes)
- Question and answer period (6.8 MB, 20 minutes)
- Viji Sundaram, health care editor for New America Media, and Sally Lehrman, an independent journalist and diversity chair for the Society of Professional Journalists, discuss covering the multicultural community with limited resources. Sheree Crute, an AHCJ board member and editor of "Covering Health in a Multicultural Society," serves as moderator.
- Introduction to "Covering the multicultural community with limited resources" (201 KB, 34 seconds)
- Viji Sundaram, New America Media (4.4 MB, 13 minutes)
- Sally Lehrman, independent journalist and diversity chair for the Society of Professional Journalists (7.5 MB, 22 minutes)
- Question and answer period (4.2 MB, 12 minutes)