It has recently produced trainings on vaccine development, poverty and inequality in America, international trade, and the 2020 election.

Past presidents of NPF include Sandy K. Johnson, Bob Meyers, Robert Alden, Frank Aukofer, Joseph Slevin, and David Yount, all former journalists.

The advertised goal was to train journalists to “understand the latest research” on various cancers, including the role of pharmaceutical products and vaccines.

[7] NPF has previously been funded by Pfizer, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Eli Lilly and Company, the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise, World Health Organization, TB Alliance, Business Roundtable, Mayo Clinic, Prudential Financial, AdvaMed, Huawei, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), the United States Chamber of Commerce, and Verizon Communications.

[13] Winners have included Chip Bok (1993), Jim Morin (1996), Rex Babin (2000),[14] Signe Wilkinson (2001), Kevin Kallaugher (2002), Ann Telnaes (2003), Steve Sack (2006), Matt Wuerker (2010), Nick Anderson (2011),[15] Adam Zyglis (2013),[16] Clay Bennett (2014),[17] Darrin Bell (2016),[18] Ruben Bolling (2021),[19] Ward Sutton (2022),[20] and Jen Sorensen (2023).