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The NABJ Media Institute on Health Reporting will be held this coming Saturday, April 30th at the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. The address is 121 North Gate Hall, Berkeley, California. This FREE program with lunch included, "Covering Untold Stories in the San Francisco Bay Area" will give print, broadcast and on-line journalists the tools to more effectively report on health stories affecting under-served communities in the Bay Area.
Register here.
National Association of Black Journalists
Media Institute on Health Reporting
"Covering Untold Stories in the San Francisco Bay Area"
April 30, 2011
University of California, Berkeley
Graduate School of Journalism
9:00am - 9:30am
Continental Breakfast & Welcome
9:30am - 10:45am Workshop I
Environmental Factors that Affect African American Health
Lack of grocery stores, numerous fast food outlets, poor air quality.
Moderator: Dr. Muntu Davis, Health Officer, Alameda County
Dr. Michael Lenoir, CEO, Ethnic Health American Network
Nikki Henderson, President, Peoples Grocery
Margaret Gordon, Co-Founder, Environmental Indicators Project
11:00am-12:00pm Workshop II
Community Health
Your overall health is affected by the amount of education you have, your job and your income.
Moderator: Robert Phillips, California Endowment
Lori Jones, Director, Alameda County Social Services Agency
Jacky Johnson, Media Relations Associate, Youth UpRising
David Muhammad, Chief Probation Officer, Alameda County
12:00pm - 1:15pm
LUNCHEON Principles of Health Disparities
Speaker: Prerna Mona Khanna, M.D., M.P.H.
Medical Contributor, Fox News Chicago
1:30pm - 2:45pm Workshop III
Stress
Living in a race-conscious society slowly wears down African Americans from all walks of life, making them more susceptible to heart disease and other stress-related illnesses.
Moderator: Martin G. Reynolds, Editor, Oakland Tribune
Dori Maynard, President, Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
Nadine Burke, Medical Director, Bayview Children's Health Center
Calvin Freeman, Principal, Freeman & Freeman Consulting
3:00pm - 4:15pm Workshop IV
Solutions: Improving the Quality, Cost and Access to Care
This panel will explore how to solve long-standing health care problems with 21st century solutions.
Moderator: Barbara Rodgers, Host/Anchor Comcast Newsmakers/CBS 5
Dr. Mark Smith, President, California Healthcare Foundation
Dr. Lloyd Dean, President, Catholic Healthcare West
Mary Lee, Associate Director, Policy Link
Dr. Calvin Wheeler, Physician in Chief, Kaiser Permanente's Fremont Medical Center
4:30pm - 5:30pm Reception
Hosted by Bay Area Black Journalists Association and NABJ at Berkeley Student Chapter
The National Association of Black Journalists gratefully acknowledges our supporters--California HealthCare Foundation, based in Oakland, California, The California Endowment, the Maynard Institute, The California Wellness Foundation, Kaiser Permanente and Safeway Foods
Again, registration is free. Please visit here to reserve your space today!
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