This funding will support a health equity reporting position for Hearst Connecticut Media Group, which owns several newspapers across the state. This reporter will cover health issues affecting Black and Latino communities, including barriers to affordable health care, disparate health outcomes by race and ethnicity, and solutions and resources available to improve outcomes. In addition to publishing in English, stories will be translated into Spanish, with a goal of reaching Spanish-speaking communities.
The Connecticut Health Foundation provides grants to media organizations because news reporting on health care provides insights, informs debates, and ensures that critical topics reach broad audiences. The funding is awarded with an understanding that the journalism will be independent, and the grant will play no role in editorial decisions about health coverage.