IRP receives $300,000 Gates Foundation Grant for Fellowships to Improve U.S. Journalists’ Coverage of Global Health Issues

John Schidlovsky
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WASHINGTON — The International Reporting Project (IRP) at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) announced today that it has received a $300,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to provide training and fellowships to U.S. journalists covering global health issues.

The three-year grant from the Seattle-based foundation will be used to support four journalists in the IRP Fellowships each year who focus on international health topics such as HIV/AIDS, child survival, malaria, tuberculosis and others.

The complete announcement can be viewed on the IRP Web site.