Join Andy Steiner, MinnPost reporter and Pulitzer Center StoryReach fellow, for a deep dive into covering the mental health and wellbeing beat for a nonprofit local news outlet. Steiner will describe how she developed her beat, how she approaches sensitive stories, how she has cultivated sources over time, and how her latest project on the impacts of national health funding cuts on addiction treatment localized a global issue. Students will walk away with tips for developing their own mental health story ideas and reporting on them.
20260417T110020260417T1145America/ChicagoCovering a mental health beat with MinnPost's Andy SteinerJoin Andy Steiner, MinnPost reporter and Pulitzer Center StoryReach fellow, for a deep dive into covering the mental health and wellbeing beat for a nonprofit local news outlet. Steiner will describe how she developed her beat, how she approaches sensitive stories, how she has cultivated sources over time, and how her latest project on the impacts of national health funding cuts on addiction treatment localized a global issue. Students will walk away with tips for developing their own mental health story ideas and reporting on them.Auditorium Room 3Spring JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Conventionamber@jea.org
