The Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) has awarded AHCJ Reporting Fellowships on Health Care Performance to five journalists who intend to pursue significant projects in 2017. The program, in its seventh year, is meant to help journalists understand and report on the performance of local health care markets and the U.S. health system as a whole. The fellowship program, supported by The Commonwealth Fund, is intended to give experienced print, broadcast, and online reporters an opportunity to concentrate on the performance of health care systems—or significant parts of those systems—locally, regionally or nationally. The 2017 fellows will be:
- Jessica Bylander, senior editor, Health Affairs
- Brenda Goodman, senior news writer, WebMD
- Markian Hawryluk, health reporter, Bend Bulletin
- Erin Mershon, health care reporter, Congressional Quarterly
- Bram Sable-Smith, lead reporter, Health & Wealth Desk at KBIA Columbia, MO.