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12 journalists to travel to Atlanta campus for first in-person CDC fellowship since 2019 Date: 04/19/22
Twelve journalists have been selected for the AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellowship, the first time since 2019 the two organizations have been able to offer the training in person at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Chamblee Campus in Atlanta.
The multi-day training was held virtually in May 2021 with 12 journalists participating.
With support from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, this year’s fellows will spend three days — June 6-8 — learning from experts and touring CDC’s vast facility.
The fellowship program will include presentations, a tour of the David J. Sencer CDC Museum, roundtable discussions on epidemiology, global disease prevention efforts and vaccine safety, among other topics.
The AHCJ-CDC fellows are:
- Jeannie Baumann, senior reporter, Bloomberg Industry Group
- Jeffrey Bendix, senior editor, Medical Economics
- Karen Blum, independent journalist, core topic leader/ health IT, AHCJ
- Amanda D’Ambrosio, enterprise and investigative writer, MedPage Today
- Pam Kaufman, executive editor, Everyday Health
- Lindsey Leake, health, welfare and social justice reporter; TCPalm/Treasure Coast newspapers
- Ashley Lyles, associate editor, Neurology Today, Wolters Kluwer
- Gillian Mohney, breaking news editor, Healthline
- Shaena Montanari, investigative health reporter, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
- Emily Mullin, health reporter, Pittsburg Post-Gazette
- Neha Pathak, lead medical editor, WebMD
- Michele Skalicky, reporter/morning edition host, KSMU-FM
CDC is responsible for controlling the introduction and spread of infectious diseases and provides consultation and assistance to other nations and international agencies to assist in improving their disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion activities. CDC administers the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant and specific preventive health categorical grant programs while providing program expertise and assistance in responding to Federal, State, local, and private organizations on matters related to disease prevention and control activities.”