The National Press Foundation is pleased to welcome 15 journalists from across the country to its second “Future of the American Child” Fellowship. The fellows were selected from newsrooms large and small for their level of interest in children’s issues and their proposals for future coverage.
The journalism training, the second in a series, will be held May 7-10 in Cleveland. The city hosts two of the nation’s leading medical and research centers – the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital – from which the fellows will receive high-level briefings on child health and development from expert practitioners.
Cleveland also grapples with many of the nation’s key challenges to child well-being: significant rates of poverty, youth violence and food insecurity. The fellows will explore related issues including:
The impact of COVID-19 on education and child development
State-level strategies in child welfare reform
Why child labor policies fail to protect children
Effective alternatives to the juvenile justice system
How to center the social determinants of health in child well-being coverage
Reporting on LGBTQ and gender-affirming care issues for children and youth
Community-centered approaches to food insecurity
Comprehensive support for children and youth exposed to violence
The first “Future of the American Child” fellowship took place in McAllen, Texas, in January. All content from that fellowship is available to journalists and the public.
This second “Future of the American Child” fellowship program is designed to help journalists master the nuances and complexities of public policies that affect children—and to accurately portray those insights in their reporting.
NPF will open applications for a third “Future of the American Child” fellowship later this year.
The new “Future of the American Child” fellows are:
Madi Alexander NBC News