Solutions Journalism Network Addressing Health Disparities Fellowship 2026 ($14,000 grant) – YOA

Deadline: January 16, 2026

Applications are open for the Solutions Journalism Network Addressing Health Disparities Fellowship 2026. Over the course of a 12 months, seven chosen newsrooms will produce excessive-impression reporting that highlights and investigates responses geared toward lowering well being disparities affecting Latino communities within the United States.

They are in search of organizations which can be dedicated to their communities, keen to affix a group of observe with like-minded friends and prepared to assume exterior the field to inform tales. Each newsroom will obtain funding, coaching and assist from SJN and their companions.

Benefits

The collaborating newsrooms will obtain:

• A $14,000 grant, together with a journey stipend for use to attend a journalism convention in 2027
• Professional improvement for editors and journalists on:
  • How to provide options journalism
  • How to cowl healthcare subjects by means of a options lens
  • How to cowl and have interaction along with your group otherwise
• Support and training on methods to apply the ideas of options journalism to on a regular basis tales by means of month-to-month cohort conferences and month-to-month teaching calls.
• An OPPORTUNITY to work inside a cohort of different Latino-serving newsrooms

Eligibility

• Open to newsrooms of any dimension, publishing in any format, dedicated to incorporating rigorous reporting on options that acknowledge the social situations, methods and components that affect well being together with schooling, economics, race and atmosphere.
• A monitor document of authentic reporting on Latino points and communities, and an curiosity in increasing their present protection.
• Capacity to provide enterprise tales that handle disparities in well being outcomes;
• Commitment to month-to-month cohort conferences and month-to-month teaching calls.
• Interest in experimenting with new methods to interact with their audiences to share their tales and findings.
• Newsrooms prepared to mirror and measure their newsroom progress and impression at a number of factors by means of the initiative.
• Willingness to interact in an “all teach, all learn” atmosphere. While SJN will present skilled trainers and leaders into the month-to-month conferences, we all know that invaluable insights and expertise come from friends as effectively. They are on the lookout for newsrooms which can be excited to share what’s working (and what’s not) with others within the cohort and in a bigger community.
• Newsrooms dedicated to creating the adjustments wanted to include options journalism into their common workflow, and usually dedicated to producing one story a month.

The minimal requirement is a willingness to find out about and observe options journalism — no earlier observe is anticipated. Newsroom leaders and editors should be prepared to assist and information the manufacturing of options journalism and have interaction in ongoing studying all through the grant interval.

Application

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to Addressing Health Disparities Fellowship.