Francisco Castro was born in El Salvador. He came to the United States at age 15. He attended California State University Northridge where he obtained a B.A. in Print Journalism. He has worked in ...

Reporters localize Trump’s health equity impacts, and where a pregnant person lives shapes their risk of dying.

I thought a story about Sonoma County’s alternative crisis response program would be straightforward. Instead, I ran into ...

Mark DenDekker, 61, became homeless after job loss and injuries. His story is an all-too-familiar one for homeless service ...

An Oklahoma lawmaker proposed legislation last month that would make it a crime, punishable by up to a year in jail, for ...

We believe health is an essential part of every story. We believe impact reporting leads to healthier communities. We believe engagement and diversity enrich journalism. The Center for Health ...

One county’s plan to use the money to address staffing turnover has sparked debate over whether it aligns with the ...

Our California Fellowship is designed to support reporters in the Golden State pursuing ambitious, enterprising projects on overlooked health and health equity issues. You decide what stories need to ...

The Impact Fund for Reporting on Health Equity and Health Systems supports ambitious investigative or explanatory projects on systemic racism in public health, health care policy and the practice of ...

Our National Fellowship helps journalists and their newsrooms report deeply and authoritatively on the health, welfare and well-being of children, families and communities. The program prepares ...

Our Data Fellowship offers journalists an opportunity to transform their reporting by training them to “interview the data” as if it were a human source. They finish the five-month program equipped ...

Helping journalists investigate health challenges and solutions in their communities with fact-based, rigorous reporting that serves as a catalyst for change. At the Center, we advance "Impact ...