Covering health and health policy
When I was a child, my brother gave me the book “1001 Questions and Answers” to keep me quiet. I asked a lot of questions, interrupting my older siblings during dinner and while they watched TV. I cried if they didn’t give me a thorough answer. I was… annoying. But it was great practice for my future career.
I am an award-winning journalist who welcomes a challenging assignment. I can write 900-word news articles, 3,000-word features and 12,000-word enterprise stories. My byline has appeared in a range of media outlets, including NBCNews.com, CQ Researcher, AARP, Medscape Medical News, Monitor on Psychology, Undark, Next Avenue, NPR and The New York Times, among others.
I started my journalism career in television, as the economics reporter and then the assistant managing editor of a daily business news program. I shifted to public radio to become NPR’s economics and business correspondent and, several years later, the first senior editor and senior producer of the weekly program “Science Friday.” I missed being on the air and returned to NPR as a freelancer and grant-funded special projects reporter before moving on to print and online work.
Fellowships & Awards
National Cancer Reporting Fellowship, Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) & NIH
Journalists in Aging Fellowship Program, Journalists Network on Generations
Comparative Effectiveness Research Fellowship, AHCJ & Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Medical Evidence Boot Camp, MIT
Kiplinger Fellowship, Ohio State University
Front Page Award (twice), The Newswomen’s Club of New York
Global Media Award, The Population Institute
Best Consumer Journalism Award, National Press Club
Unity Award, Lincoln University
Professional Memberships
Association of Health Care Journalists, co-chair freelance committee
Journalism & Women Symposium