Past AP-NORC Journalism Fellows

Matt Sedensky, an award-winning correspondent for the Associated Press whose national beat included issues of aging, was named the first recipient of The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research Fellowship on the Economics of Aging and Work.  Matt was selected through a national competition open to mid-career journalists who were employed by the Associated Press…

The AP-NORC Journalism Fellowship on Community Resilience Eligibility

  The AP-NORC Journalism Fellowship on Community Resilience is a national competition open to career journalists.  All media welcome—The Fellowship is open to journalists specializing in writing or producing for newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and online. Experience and interest—Five years of experience with a track record that includes writing about disaster recovery and resilience.  Some formal…

Video Interactive – Solving the Person-Centered Care Puzzle (2015)

Recent years have seen an increasing focus on person-centered care, an approach to health care and supportive services that allows individuals to take control of their own care by specifying preferences and outlining goals that will improve their quality of life. There is no single approach to providing person-centered care for individuals receiving long-term care services, meaning that health care providers and government agencies that are working to adapt their practices are doing so in a variety of ways. This interactive uses findings from the 2015 Long-Term Care Poll along with a personal story of the impact person-centered care had for one couple.