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Ilse Pauw, 2007–2008 fellow Bob Meyers, Jimmie Briggs member, 2006–2007 Fellow fellowship Freelance Journalist advisory board , N.Y. “Being a part of the mental health journalism program allowed me the opportunity to have life-altering Stipends encounters with survivors of rape in Every year, six the Democratic Republic of the Congo. U.S. fellows are The relationships I built—in and awarded —are ones that I will continue to stipends of nurture. With everything I report now, I’m $10,000 each. constantly look - International fellows will receive a comparable stipend in their own ing for the mental currency. Stipends cover an array of expenses during the fellowship project; health angle to expenses may include travel, materials, and other incidentals. explore.” Flexibility Fellows enjoy a great deal of flexibility in scheduling their project work throughout the year. Fellows are required to make two expense-paid visits to The in Atlanta, Ga. The first occurs in September at the beginning of the Fellowship year when fellows meet with Mrs. Carter, their advisers, and other fellows to discuss their project plans. The second visit comes in September at the end of the fellowship year when fellows present their completed projects and discuss challenges and successes in mental health reporting. The fellowships do not require recipients to leave their See samples of Briggs’ work in the fellowship archives at places of employment. www.cartercenter.org/health/mental_health/fellowships /index.html Creativity Fellows are encouraged to select topics that are unique and creative. Projects may educate the public, raise awareness, or inform other journalists Stephen Smith in the field. Subjects may range from a report on the use of telemedicine in 1998–1999 Fellow mental health or a documentary on suicide prevention to a series of reports Executive Editor on the impact of managed care on the delivery of mental health services. American RadioWorks The Carter Center Mental Health Program provides resources through its network of scientific, health care, education, consumer, family, provider, St. Paul, Minn. and government organizations and agencies. “In addition to providing support for Variety individual projects, the fellowship program Fellowships are tailored to suit the needs, interests, and experiences of forges valuable professional relationships. each fellow; no two fellows will have the same experience. Karen Brown’s fellowship followed mine by seven years. Still, we worked together to distribute a national version of her radio project, ‘A Mind of Their Own,’ through the documentary series I run, ‘American RadioWorks.’ Karen’s program was an intimate look at the controversial issue of diagnosing and treating bipolar disorder in children.”

Marion Scher See samples of Smith’s work in the fellowship archives at www.cartercenter.org/health/mental_health/fellowships and Phil Smith, /index.html 2005–2006 fellows The Fellowship Advisory Board Ben Druss, M.D., M.P.H. Lawrence A. Kutner, Ph.D. Lawrence Kutner, Rosalynn Carter Endowed Chair in Mental Co-director, Harvard Medical School Ph.D. Health, Rollins School of Center for Mental Health and Media Advisory Board Member, The Carter Center Mental Member Health Task Force President, LCMedia Co-director, Harvard Senior Executive Producer, Medical School Kathryn E. Cade “The Infinite Mind” The Carter Center Mental Health Center for Mental Task Force Liaison Bob Meyers President, National Press Foundation Health and Media Paul Jay Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry, Ellen Mickiewicz, Ph.D. “I’m a psychologist, but I’ve also been a Temple University School of Medicine James R. Shepley Professor of Consultant, Youth Violence and Public Policy Studies, Duke University columnist for and for Youth Murder Director, DeWitt Wallace Center for several magazines, a television reporter Past President, American Media and , Duke University and documentary producer, and a radio Psychiatric Association Arlene Morgan talk show host. The best part of mentoring Larry Fricks Associate Dean, Prizes and Programs the fellows is the opportunity to work Director, Appalachian Consulting Group Graduate Former Director, Office of Consumer School of Journalism with high-level professional journalists Relations, Department of Human Otto Wahl, Ph.D. on a wide range of issues. We challenge Resources, Division of Mental Health Director, The Graduate Institute and learn from each other about every - John F. Head of Professional Psychology thing from neuroscience research to Fellow, 1999–2000 University of Hartford Freelance Journalist newsroom politics to ways to raise Isabel Wilkerson funds for productions.” Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D. James M. Cox Jr. Chair, Professor of Psychiatry, The Johns Hopkins Department of Journalism University School of Medicine Emory University 2007–2008 Journalism Fellows

Ilse Pauw Andrea Petersen Paul Radu Molly Knight Raskin Kevin Roy Senior Writer/Editor News Editor, Co-Founder, Romanian Freelance Journalist News Anchor/Reporter Health24.com Personal Journal Center for Investigative Washington, D.C. WLS-TV, Cape Town, South Journalism ABC7 Africa Brooklyn, N.Y. Investigative Journalism Write a series of Chicago, Ill. feature-length articles Trainer and Investigative on borderline personality Write a series of Write a series of articles Projects Coordinator Produce a series of stories feature articles high - and a book on the disorder to give a general about suicide prevention, Bucharest, Romania lighting individuals diagnoses, causes, and understanding of the ill - including what is being living with a mental treatment of anxiety Conduct specialized ness as well as highlight done to bring down illness. disorders. training about mental recent breakthroughs in suicide rates in Illinois. treatment. health issues for journal - mists in Romania. ent Marc Shaffer Chandra Thomas Alexandru Ulmanu Gregory Warner Pieter van Zyl Documentary Staff Writer Assistant Professor, Freelance Journalist Senior Writer Filmmaker Atlanta Magazine School of Journalism and New York, N.Y. Media 24 Oakland, Calif. Atlanta, Ga. Mass Communication Cape Town, South University of Bucharest Produce a radio episode Africa about the treatment of Produce a television Explore the stigma Universitatea Media documentary on the surrounding mental trauma in the United Bucharest, Romania Explore and portray the criminalization of people illnesses in the African- States and abroad. influence of crime on with mental illnesses that American community. Conduct specialized South Africa’s children, will explore the reasons training about mental therapists, single parents, those with severe mental health issues for journal - and others, as well as illnesses are incarcerated ists in Romania. provide journalists and solutions to reverse with guidelines on this destructive trend. how to interview al healtvictims ohf crime. The International Connection While the majority of Rosalynn Carter journalism fellows hail from the United States, international journalists have participated since 2001. As in the United States, mental illnesses in most countries are under-recognized health problems, often characterized by stigma and misinformation. The program awards fellowships in select countries New Zealand Mental Health Media Grants to educate local journalists about mental A goal of the Rosalynn Carter fellowships is to help journalists report health issues. mental health issues more accurately and influence their colleagues to do the same. In 2006, the New Zealand Mental Health Media Grants program The first international program was in New was established to sustain the work of the Rosalynn Carter fellowship Zealand, which awarded 10 journalists with program in New Zealand without The Carter Center. The Foundation of fellowships over a five-year period (see box for New Zealand and the national anti-stigma campaign “Like Minds, Like more information on New Zealand). Today, Mine,” are co-creators and supporters of the new program. the program has been established in southern The first recipient, radio journalist Halina Ogonowska-Coates, will be Africa and Romania. recording people’s experience of mental illness to build up a media file of Southern Africa in-depth personal stories that can be drawn on by media at short notice. To date, eight journalists from southern Africa She sees the collection as an opportunity to generate a greater community have received fellowships. These journalists understanding of the actual experience of mental illness. have covered a variety of topics for southern “We hope stigma and discrimination continue to diminish as we connect African readers, including exploring the the voices of people with experience of mental illness with the wider impact of trauma, shift work, and organiza - world,” said Judi Clements, chief executive of The Mental Health tional changes on the mental health of Foundation of New Zealand. To learn more, visit www.mediagrants.org.nz. Ioana Avadani, Tamar Kahn international adviser, 2006–2007 Fellow and Alexandru Science and Health Editor/Correspondent Ulmanu, 2007–2008 Business Day fellow Cape Town, South Africa “I wasn’t seeing a lot of stories in the local media exploring why so many policemen were committing suicide or committing acts of violence against their loved South African police officers; and a series of articles on the mental health of ones. I wondered what might be causing South Africans living with HIV/AIDS. the situation and why it wasn’t being addressed. I hoped my stories would Romania take our leaders In August 2007, two Romanian journalists were awarded Rosalynn Carter to places they fellowships. This is the first time that journalists from the Eastern European would never country participated in the program. This inaugural class of Romanian fellows go, and perhaps will work collaboratively to develop a curriculum and relevant teaching even prompt materials for courses aimed at promoting more responsible mental health journalism. The Carter Center and the Center for Independent Journalism them into taking in Bucharest, Romania, are partners in this important new program. some action.” International Advisers Ioana Avadani Anton Harber Executive Director Caxton Professor of Journalism Center for Independent Journalism and Media Studies See samples of Kahn’s work in the fellowship archives at Bucharest, Romania University of the Witwatersrand www.cartercenter.org/health/mental_health/fellowships South Africa /index.html Susan Kruglinski Stephanie Smith Julianne Hill Associate Editor Medical News Producer Writer/Producer Previous Fellows Discover magazine CNN, New York, N.Y. Worldwide Skur, Inc. 2006–2007 Fellows on female survivors of war New York, N.Y. Four-part documentary Chicago, Ill. living in the Democratic Series of articles about a on the mental health of Television news series on Andrea Ball Republic of the Congo person with a mental illness children living in Oregon the work done in Chicago Reporter, Austin American- David Dent who has never received who have been orphaned to reduce the stigma and Statesman, Austin, Texas Freelance Journalist treatment, a person who by their parents’ metham - challenges facing individu - Series of articles that New York, N.Y. has received long-term phetamine use als with mental illnesses chronicle the emotional treatment but remains ill, The mental health chal - Alix Spiegel Ingrid Leary and psychological burdens a mental health worker, lenges that many Hurricane Freelance Reporter Freelance Reporter and surrounding a family deal - and a neuroscientist Katrina survivors encoun - National Public Radio Producer, TV3 News ing with a premature birth tered while moving to and Vida Li Sik Washington, D.C. Auckland, New Zealand Tracy Breton forging new lives in the Features Writer Psychosocial impact of Series of news features on Reporter, The Providence West Drum magazine Hurricane Katrina on the living with mental illnesses Journal, Cranston, R.I. Johannesburg, South Africa Tamar Kahn residents of the Gulf Coast in New Zealand and neigh - Series of articles that exam - Science and Health Households headed by through several follow-up boring Pacific countries ine the abuse, neglect, Editor/Correspondent children as a result of radio stories Shandukani Mathagu and exploitation of elderly Business Day HIV/AIDS and the help Freelance Journalist people with mental health Cape Town, South Africa available to them to cope 2005–2006 Fellows Sibasa, South Africa issues in Rhode Island, with stress and depression Series of articles on the Karen Brown focusing particularly on Series of radio interviews impact of trauma, shift Karen Russo Reporter, WFCR-FM how the state is meeting exploring the impact of the work, and organizational Field Producer Northampton, Mass. the needs of its elderly Tshivenda communicative changes on the mental ABC News “” residents as compared to Radio documentary expressions on mental health of South African New York, N.Y. other states and countries on the effects of mental ill - illnesses in the Vhembe police officers, including Television piece focusing nesses on siblings, from area of the Limpopo Jimmie Briggs how their mental health on the state of mental growing up with a sibling province of South Africa Freelance Journalist problems affect their health care in and with a mental illness to Encarnacion Pyle New York, N.Y. families, co-workers, and the novel approaches that forging relationships as Reporter the citizens they protect The psychosocial impact doctors are taking to care an adult The Columbus Dispatch of gender-based violence for patients with mental Columbus, Ohio illnesses Articles on the differences Media outlets listed were accurate at time of fellowship. in discrimination and stig - development and well- Tom Davis Kevin McCormack Science magazine ma faced by two people in being of immigrant Columnist, The Record Producer, KRON-TV Blacksburg, Va. Central Ohio—one with children and adolescents Metuchen, N.J. San Francisco, Calif. Series of articles exploring Parkinson’s disease and Rob Waters Series of articles following Multipart series on how the looming mental health another with schizophrenia Freelance Journalist the progress of a New Jersey families cope with mental crisis in the developing Marion Scher Berkeley, Calif. program designed to divert illness and the controversy countries people from the prison sys - surrounding involuntary Freelance Journalist Series of articles on Michelle Roberts tem and find alternative commitment Johannesburg, South Africa the mental health needs Reporter help for mentally ill Comparison of the stigma and problems of children in Peggy Mears The Oregonian inmates attached to mental illness foster care and the efforts Producer Portland, Ore. in both rural and urban made by leaders around the Paul Diamond Brainchild Productions Series of articles about the areas and black and country to address them Producer Irvine, Calif. resiliency of children, par - Radio New Zealand white communities in Leigh Woosley Series of radio pieces focus - ticularly how they over - Wellington, New Zealand South Africa Reporter, Tulsa World ing on mental illnesses in come trauma, abuse, and Phil Smith Tulsa, Okla. Series of radio features on adolescents and the chal - other mental health crises Maori-based initiatives lenge that developmental Executive Producer Series of articles profiling Kathryn Strachan aimed at improving Maori stages and dramatic transi - Spoken Features adults with anxiety disor - Freelance Writer mental health tions present in detection Radio New Zealand ders who manage success - Johannesburg, South Africa Wellington, New Zealand and treatment fully within the workplace Claire Keeton Series of in-depth Radio features that and social settings Reporter, Sunday Times Greg Miller magazine articles on explore the popular belief Johannesburg, South Africa Staff Writer and Online deinstitutionalization that people with mental 2004–2005 Fellows Series of articles on the News Editor programs in South Africa illnesses are dangerous, Caroline Clauss-Ehlers mental health of South as well as investigate Freelance Writer Africans living with the treatment of mental New York, N.Y. HIV/AIDS www.cartercenter.org illnesses by the New Visit the Carter Center Web site for compre- Zealand prison system Series of articles that Jim Marbrook explore the impact stigma Producer, Director, hensive information on the Rosalynn Carter Michelle Trudeau has on access to mental and Writer Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism, Contributing Correspondent health treatment, utiliza - Auckland, New Zealand National Public Radio including an archive of past fellowship projects tion of mental health Video pieces that explore that can be searched according to name, Irvine, Calif. services, and coping for the role of Maori culture in fellowship class, or topic: www.cartercenter. Series of radio stories Latino families healing and wellness on the psychological org/health/mental_health/fellowships/index.html Application Instructions Eligibility www.cartercenter.org. The Eligible applicants must: profile may be e-mailed to • Have at least three years of [email protected], or a professional experience in print hard copy may be included or electronic journalism (writing, with the application packet. reporting, editing, producing, • Resume: Include a list of repre- filmmaking) sentative publications; member - • Submit a complete application ship in professional organizations; packet major journalism prizes and/or awards and year awarded. • Attend orientation and presen- tation meetings in September • Objectives for Fellowship at the beginning and end of and Project Description: In an the fellowship year informal essay not to exceed Fellowship awards will be announced 1000 words, the following points on the Carter Center Web site Application Packet must be addressed: (www.cartercenter.org) Friday, The application packet –describe reasons for applying July 18, 2008, 9 a.m. EDT. Inquiries must be mailed (no faxes or and how this fellowship could regarding the fellowships are welcome e-mails accepted). The packet benefit the applicant’s body throughout the year. includes the following: of work; • Complete the online profile –clearly outline the proposed of personal and professional project and a plan for information available on the carrying it out; Carter Center Web site: –discuss the significance and timeliness of the topic, and explain the feasibility of must be originals: signed and completing the project; printed on letterhead. * U.S. applicants Inquiries: –detail the potential impact • Letter of Support : One letter should send all [email protected] the chosen topic, and overall from your organization’s application materials to: fellowship project, may have on publisher, editor, producer, www.cartercenter.org reducing the stigma of mental manager, or director, supporting Rebecca G. Palpant, M.S. (404) 420-5165 illnesses; and the application. If self-employed, Senior Program Associate Mental Health Program –describe the expected the third letter must come The Carter Center audience reach. from an individual familiar with your work. Letters must One • Samples of Professional Work: 453 Freedom Parkway be originals: signed and printed Submit up to three examples of Atlanta, GA 30307 your work. At least one of the on letterhead. * Letters may be included with the application samples should be in the media packet or mailed directly to the Mental Southern African and Romanian form proposed. Printed materials Health Program. Letters cannot be e-mailed. applicants should be in the format in which should consult the Journalism they were originally published, Time Line Fellowship Web site, www.cartercenter.org/health/ and electronic news reports Application packets and letters of mental_health/fellowships/index.html, for country- specific application submission guidelines and should be airchecks. Do not recommendation and support for contact information. submit an item that cannot be 2008–2009 fellowships must be replaced, as materials will not postmarked no later than Monday, be returned. April 28, 2008. Materials post - • Letters of Recommendation *: marked after the deadline will Provide letters from two people not be accepted. Due to the large familiar with your work, com - number of applicants for the menting on your abilities and fellowship positions, individual potential as a journalist. Letters feedback on applications will not be provided. The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism are made possible through support from the following partners:

Annenberg Foundation Foundation Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Elfenworks Foundation The Carter Center Mental Health Program Charles Engelhard Foundation One Copenhill 453 Freedom Parkway William Randolph Hearst Foundation Atlanta, GA 30307 Charles E. Kubly Foundation [email protected] (404) 420-5165 Walter H. and Phyllis J. Shorenstein Foundation www.cartercenter.org fax (404) 420-5158 Sidney Stern Memorial Trust To view projects completed under the auspices of the …and many generous individuals Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism, visit www.cartercenter.org.

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter founded the not-for-profit Carter Center in 1982 in partnership with Emory University. Guided by a fundamental com - mitment to and the alleviation of human , the Center brings people and resources together to wage peace, fight disease, and build hope worldwide. The Carter Center January 2008