Chronic Illness, Lessons from the Field

Sound Partners grantee WSKG-FM in Binghamton, New York, worked with its parters to create an ambitious outreach campaign in two states. Read how the local project successfully raised money for the campaign.

This profile takes an in-depth look at the structure of Sound Partners for Community Health and its effects on participants and their communities, including an overview of the type of programming and outreach used to reach audiences, interviews with stations, community organizations and Sound Partners' staff, and what the future holds for community-based journalism. This report appeared in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's 2001 Anthology. (2001)

Learn how KGNU and Hospice of Boulder County used innovative programming and outreach to discuss the end-of-life issues.

Learn about KUAF's longstanding commitment to community Centered Journalism in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and its award-winning Sound Partners partnership with the Washington Regional Medical Center Hospice.

Former Benton Foundation Program Director Anne Green distills the lessons first round Sound Partners grantees learned from their experiences in building partnerships to enhance problem-solving around health care issues in their communities. (Fall 1999)