Program

Addressing Health Disparities Fellowship

Program Year: 2026

Health educator Ana Hernandez works with Maria Esther Jimenez, a client, at the Fruitvale – San Antonio Senior Center in Oakland. Hernandez, who works for La Clínica, frequently stops at the senior center to help people enroll in Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program. Credit: Claudia Boyd-Barrett / El Timpano.

Pictured: Ana Hernandez helps people enroll in Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, at a senior center in Oakland. Credit: Claudia Boyd-Barrett / El Tímpano. Read the story.

 

Seven U.S. newsrooms are embarking on a yearlong fellowship to expand their health coverage of Latino communities and report on the initiatives and efforts to reduce health disparities in this community.

 

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The newsrooms participating in the fellowship are:

  • El Tecolote
  • Factchequeado
  • Shoresides
  • Tu Prensa Local
  • Tucson Spotlight
  • N+Univision 23 DFW
  • Yale Climate Connections en español