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IT’S A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL arrangement: In exchange for six months’ training as full-fledged members of our editorial team, HCN’s interns and fellows produce an astounding array of stories. In many ways, this program — which has nurtured more than 240 individuals — is HCN’s secret sauce. As Executive Director Greg Hanscom says, “If all HCN ever did was its intern and fellow program, we’d still be making a great contribution.”

We’re proud to (he/him), our newest Virginia Spencer Davis fellow, just completed his internship in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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