What is North Carolina Health News?
Welcome to North Carolina Health News – thanks for visiting!
Founded in November 2011 as a North Carolina nonprofit, NCHN is an independent news organization devoted to covering health care in the state. We are serious about our independence and are not affiliated with any political party, special interest organization or activist group. Our mission is to fill the widening gap in media coverage by creating a substantive website that will provide crucial information about health care in North Carolina. NCHN will feature original stories and feature stories written by experienced health journalists Rose Hoban, Liora Engel-Smith, Greg Barnes and others.
North Carolina Health News will also link to health articles written by other media outlets and offer a resource guide for North Carolina consumers to help them navigate an increasingly complex health care system.
Why is North Carolina Health News a nonprofit?
Nonprofit journalism is a growing media trend, combining a nontraditional business model with a traditional commitment to journalistic standards. Being a nonprofit is also a fiscal expression of our editorial independence.
Several nonprofit journalism organizations have sprouted successfully on a national and state level in the past five years, including ProPublica nationally and EducationNC and Carolina Public Press here in North Carolina.
Other examples are Kaiser Health News, a national news organization solely covering health care, while Georgia Health News, Health News Florida, and the Kansas Health Institute News Service each report on health care in their respective states.
You can find out more information about NC Health News by perusing our annual Internal Revenue Service 990s, the tax forms that not for profits are required to file each year.
Sponsorships
North Carolina Health News will accept sponsorship agreements from reputable organizations in order to sustain and advance our mission. With a sponsorship, your organization can display your logo, web address, and/or other identifying information on the main page or other pages of North Carolina Health News. For information about sponsorship, please contact Rose Hoban, at editor_at_northcarolinahealthnews.org
Please let us know what you think of our still-developing site by contacting us at: editor_at_northcarolinahealthnews.org
Where else do we get funding?
Some of our funding comes from sponsorships, some comes from foundation donors, some comes from activities such as having one of our reporters speak for your event or meeting (we require remuneration for their time). If you want to learn more about our donors, check out this page.
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