Medill announces new fellowship, health reporting opportunities for graduate science journalism students
The program is in partnership with Biohub, a philanthropic science initiative co-founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan
EVANSTON, ILL. -- Today Medill announced a two-year grant program that will provide two graduate journalism students in the Health, Environment and Science specialization with fellowships and give up to 10 additional students each year funding for reporting projects about the latest scientific and health research. The program is a partnership between Medill and Biohub, an organization combining frontier AI and frontier biology to cure, prevent and manage all disease. The program will amplify science reporting on pioneering health research underway at and beyond Biohub in Chicago.
Medill students will write stories as reporters for Mediahub Medill, created with the grant support in a class dedicated to the forefronts of science reporting. Each student selected will receive $1,000 to produce health-related stories that cover the trail-blazing science, technology transfer, community partnerships and education initiatives, hallmarks of research at Biohub in Chicago. These multimedia stories will be pitched to prominent media outlets.
“Medill students will report on how the scientific advances taking place at Biohub in Chicago and beyond are making a difference in people’s lives, and help readers and viewers understand the importance of the research,” said Medill Dean Charles Whitaker. “Science reporting is a critical need, and Medill is delighted to be working in partnership with Biohub to prepare the next generation of reporters for this task.”
To apply for the fellowship or the reporting funding, prospective students should apply to the Medill Master of Science in Journalism (MSJ) program, and specify they will pursue the Health, Environment and Science specialization.
The fellow selected for the 2025-26 school year is MSJ student Kimberly Henrickson, who practiced as an attorney in Washington, D.C., before joining Medill’s graduate journalism program.
“I am excited to apply my passion for public health to writing about Biohub's research efforts to combat disease and reporting about strides on other forefronts of science all over the world,” Henrickson said.