Addressing Health Disparities Fellowship 2026
The Solutions Journalism Network has opened applications for its Addressing Health Disparities Fellowship 2026. This yearlong program is designed for U.S. newsrooms covering Latino communities, offering grants, training, and mentorship to produce impactful reporting on solutions to health inequities.
🌟 About the Fellowship
The Addressing Health Disparities Fellowship 2026 is a program aimed at supporting U.S. newsrooms in covering Latino communities. It provides resources to produce high-impact reporting on solutions to health inequities.
Key Details:
- Sponsor Organization: Solutions Journalism Network
- Grant Amount: $14,000, including a travel stipend for a journalism conference in 2027.
🎁 Benefits of the Fellowship
Participants in the fellowship will receive the following benefits:
- $14,000 grant, including a travel stipend for a journalism conference in 2027.
- Professional development for editors and journalists on:
- Producing solutions journalism.
- Covering healthcare topics through a solutions lens.
- Engaging with communities differently.
- Support and coaching:
- Monthly cohort meetings.
- Monthly coaching calls to apply solutions journalism principles to everyday stories.
- Opportunity to collaborate within a cohort of other Latino-serving newsrooms.
✅ Fellowship Requirements
To be eligible for the fellowship, newsrooms must meet the following criteria:
- Be of any size and publish in any format.
- Commit to incorporating rigorous reporting on solutions that address social conditions, systems, and factors influencing health, such as education, economics, race, and environment.
- Have a track record of original reporting on Latino issues and communities, with an interest in expanding their current coverage.
- Capacity to produce enterprise stories addressing disparities in health outcomes.
- Commitment to:
- Monthly cohort meetings.
- Monthly coaching calls.
- Interest in experimenting with new ways to engage audiences to share stories and findings.
- Willingness to reflect and measure newsroom progress and impact throughout the initiative.
- Engage in an “all teach, all learn” environment, sharing insights and experiences with peers.
- Commit to making changes to incorporate solutions journalism into regular workflows, producing one story per month.
Minimum Requirement:
- A willingness to learn and practice solutions journalism (no prior experience required).
- Newsroom leaders and editors must support and guide the production of solutions journalism and engage in ongoing learning throughout the grant period.
📅 Application Date and Process
- Application Deadline: 16 January, 2026
- To apply, visit the official application portal.
🔗 Additional Information
For more details, visit the Solutions Journalism Network Fellowship page.
This fellowship is a unique opportunity for newsrooms to enhance their reporting on health disparities while receiving financial and professional support. Don't miss the chance to make a meaningful impact!
- A $14,000 grant, including a travel stipend to be used to attend a journalism conference in 2027
- Professional development for editors and journalists on:
- How to produce solutions journalism
- How to cover healthcare topics through a solutions lens
- How to cover and engage with your community differently
- Support and coaching on how to apply the principles of solutions journalism to everyday stories through monthly cohort meetings and monthly coaching calls.
- An opportunity to work within a cohort of other Latino-serving newsrooms
