Agenda for 2014 California Health Journalism Fellowship

Advance Reservations Required for All Sessions

Email: Jesse Wang at cehjf@usc.edu

Monday, February 24, 2014

9 - 10:15 a.m.

 

Children at Risk: Helping Children Thrive in Inner City Oakland

 

 

 

 

 

Barbara Staggers, M.D., Division Chief, Adolescent Medicine

Children’s Hospital & Research Center, Oakland

10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.

 

 

Communities at Risk: The Terrible Toll of Prematurity and Violence

 

 

Karen Bouffard, Health Reporter, Detroit News

Andrea Walker, Health Reporter, Baltimore Sun

12:15  - 1 p.m

 

Lunch (Invitation Only)

1:15  – 2:45 p.m.

 

Covering Health Care Reform: Tips, Sources and Data

Bernard Wolfson, Health Reporter, Orange County Register

2:45 - 3 p.m.

 

Break

3 - 4:30 p.m.

 

Telling Health Stories with Context and Balance

Robert Davis, Ph.D., M.P.H., President and CEO, Everwell

Tuesday, February 25, 2014 

 USC Davidson Conference Center

9 - 10 a.m.

 

Childhood Obesity’s Early Roots 

 

 

Solveig Cunningham, Ph.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor

Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

10  – 11 a.m.

 

Journalism with Impact:

Engaging Audiences and Spurring Change

 

 

Kate Long, 2011 National Health Journalism Fellow

Freelance Reporter, Charleston Gazette

11 – 11:15 a.m.

 

Break

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

 

Journalism with Impact:

Storytelling with the Homeless

 

 

Jan Gurley, M.D., 2010 California Health Journalism Fellow Medical Director, Portrero Hill Clinic

1 – 4:30 p.m.

 

Private Session

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

3 – 4:30 p.m.

The Club Room

Davidson Conference Center
3415 S. Figueroa St.

 

A Conversation with Two Health Policy Leaders

Health Reform in California: The Road Ahead

Gerald F. Kominski, Ph.D.,

Director, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

Robert K. Ross M.D., President & CEO

The California Endowment

Moderator: Anna Gorman, Senior Correspondent

Kaiser Health News

4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

 

Wine Reception

The Vineyard Room

Davidson Conference Center 

Thursday, February 27, 2014 

Radisson Hotel

9  – 10:30 a.m.

Victory Room

Radisson Hotel

 

Do-Gooders and Good Work: How to See if They Match Up

Patrick Boyle, Communications Director

Forum for Youth Investment

10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

 

Making Your Content Social

Staci Baird, Digital Media Strategist