CDC Foundation Names Director of Knight Journalism Fellowships at CDC.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers BIOWIRE2K ATLANTA--(BW HealthWire)--April 17, 2000 Carol Gentry, a reporter on the health desk for The Wall Street Journal, has been tapped to direct the CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation Foundation's Knight Journalism Fellowship program at CDC. Gentry will oversee the administration of the program, which allows six mid-career journalists to spend four months experiencing public health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), agency of the U.S. Public Health Service since 1973, with headquarters in Atlanta; it was established in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center. and at local health departments. The first class of Knight Fellows will train alongside CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service The Epidemic Intelligence Service is a program of the United States' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Established in 1951 due to biological warfare concerns arising from the Korean War, it has become a hands-on two-year postgraduate training program in epidemiology, with (EIS (1) (Executive Information System) An information system that consolidates and summarizes ongoing transactions within the organization. It provides top management with all the information it requires at all times from internal and external sources. ) officers beginning in July. "Carol Gentry is an excellent choice to direct this new program," says Charlie Stokes, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the CDC Foundation. "She brings a deep knowledge of public health and health care, as well as an appreciation and understanding of the needs and interests of journalists. We know the program will flourish under her leadership." A veteran of health and medical reporting, Gentry has received numerous awards for news, investigative and feature journalism. Prior to joining the Journal in 1997, she served as commentator for National Public Radio's "Marketplace," senior medical reporter for the St. Petersburg Times
The St. Petersburg Times is a daily newspaper based in St. Petersburg, Florida, that serves the larger Tampa Bay area. and in various reporting and editing positions for other publications. Gentry spent two years as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Bogota, Colombia, teaching in rural areas and conducting social work in squatter camps. She is a former Kaiser Foundation Fellow at Harvard University, where she also earned a master's in public administration degree. More information about the Knight Journalism Fellowships at CDC is available online at www.cdcfoundation.org. The Fellowships are funded with a grant from the Miami-based John S. and James L. Knight James Landon Knight (born 21 July 1909 Akron, Ohio, died 5 February 1991 Santa Monica, California) was an American newspaper publisher and founder of the Knight Ridder group of newspapers. He was also co-founder of the John S. and James L. Foundation. The CDC Foundation is a non-profit enterprise that fights threats to health by creating programs and building partnerships with CDC. |
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