The Korea Daily, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and USC jointly announced a project to provide in-depth coverage of health issues such as mental health in the Korean American community.
USC’s first-ever collaboration with minority media, ‘2024 Ethnic Media Health Reporting Collaborative’, is designed to cover health and human services issues faced by Korean Americans and other minority communities, such as African Americans, Latinos, and the Chinese community, and bring them to the attention of the broader community.
The Korea Daily has been chosen as the exclusive Korean-American media partner for this project. Other community media partners include the World Journal for the Chinese community, Asian American News for Asians in Northern California, Black Voices News and the Sacramento Observer for the African American community, along with Univision LA, Univision Sacramento, and Univision Bay for the Latino community.
The project, which officially kicked off with a symposium on January 17 at the USC Center for Health Journalism, will highlight and find solutions to health-related issues facing minority communities, including “mental health, homelessness, seniors, generational gaps, and housing.”
The Center for Health Journalism will provide expert advice, training programs, academic reports, and other resources for journalists.
The Korea Daily will discuss key health and wellness issues in the Korean American community with the Center for Health Journalism, and then deliver a series of 10 on-site voices once a month.
“We are delighted to partner with the Korea Daily as it celebrates its 50th anniversary,” said Michelle Levander, Director of the Center for Health Journalism.
“Major minority media companies, including the Korea Daily, are the first to hear the stories of their communities and can make their voices heard by the rest of the community to create change. We look forward to working together to understand the issues facing minority communities through this collaborative health reporting project.”
The symposium, which runs through January 19, will feature panel discussions with experts on investigative reporting, mental health issues and status, community group discussions, ethnic health and health awareness, the role of journalism in social change, and approaches to health resources.
BY HYOUNGJAE KIM, JUNHAN PARK [kim.ian@koreadaily.com]
