Stanford NBC News Fellowship in Media and Global Health

In 2011, Stanford University’s Center for Innovation in Global Health (CIGH) launched the first U.S. Fellowship in Media and Global Health to demonstrate how multiple media platforms can have significant impact upon work in global health. Fellows are competitively chosen from a national pool of physicians-in-training and physicians committed to a career in global health. The Fellow learns how multiple media modalities can play a significant role in health and human rights efforts, foundation and government health assistance, and individual health choices.

This opportunity is targeted to provide medical students, residents, fellows and/or faculty with 12-months of practical training in global health reporting using a variety of media platforms including: print, television, social networking and fundamentals in journalism and communications.

One fellow is selected each year to complete a 12-month fellowship with leading media organizations. The Fellow will complete training programs through the Stanford UniversityGraduate Program in Journalism. The Fellow will work at the WHO’s (World Health Organization) South East Regional Office (SEARO) in New Delhi.

The Fellow will also work extensively with Dr. Nancy Snyderman, Chief Medical Editor for NBC News, and her producers to research the ‘News of the Day’ and learn how ‘Nightly News’ stories are chosen to be highlighted in the US. During the Fellowship, the Fellow will be mentored by Dick Thompson, Senior Editor for the Journal for Health Affairs, Paul Costello, Chief of Communication and Public Affairs for Stanford, Ann Grimes, Director of Stanford’s Graduate Program in Journalism and Michele Barry, Senior Associate Dean for Global Health at Stanford School of Medicine.

The Fellowship aims to teach the chosen fellow:

  • How journalists and TV medical correspondents select topics, stories and issues in the field of global health;
  • Techniques of presenting and writing persuasively about science;
  • How to access existing new channels and technologies for persuasive communication, including best practices of social networking.

Stipend
The Fellow receives a competitive stipend. The Fellowship starts in June of each year and lasts for 12 months.

Eligibility
Medical students who have completed their first two years of medical school, residents, fellows and faculty are eligible.

For more information, check out the fellowship page.