The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism
2003-2004

Alex Spence
Freelance Journalist
Auckland, New Zealand

TOPIC: An in-depth series of feature articles investigating the relationship between mental illnesses and poverty in New Zealand

It's All in Your Head
Around 10,000 New Zealanders suffer from schizophrenia. Alex Spence looks at the reality of living with the disease and reports on the scientists who are still puzzling over it.

The Job Cure
The obstacles to returning to the workforce for someone with a mental illness can be great. What can we do to rectify this?