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Â鶹ŮÓÅ Health News Leadership

Alex Wayne, Executive Editor, previously worked for Bloomberg News, where he led coverage of the Joe Biden and Donald Trump presidencies and reported on health care policy, including the development of the Affordable Care Act. In 2020, he helped manage and edit articles about the coronavirus’ infiltration of Trump’s White House that won the Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency. Earlier in his career, Alex reported on health care, immigration, Social Security, and other topics for Congressional Quarterly, and covered local and state government for the News & Record of Greensboro, North Carolina. He started his journalism career in Florida at The Villages Daily Sun, where he reported on local businesses, government, and some pretty wacky crimes. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida.

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National Advisory Committee

Â鶹ŮÓÅ Health News has a distinguished National Advisory Committee whose members are:

• Chairman: Leonard Downie Jr., the Weil Family Professor of Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, Arizona State University; former executive editor, The Washington Post.
• Jim Brady, vice president of journalism, the Knight Foundation; CEO, Spirited Media; and former editor-in-chief, Digital First Media.
• Justin Ellis, projects editor for Defector Media; former senior editor, ESPN; TV production credits include “How to Fix a Drug Scandal” on Netflix and “Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas” on HBO.
• Mark Katches, editor, Tampa Bay Times; former editor of The Oregonian and former editorial director for the Center for Investigative Reporting and California Watch.
• Anne Kornblut, vice president of global curation, Facebook/Meta; former associate editor, The Washington Post.
• David Leonhardt, New York Times columnist and author of the daily “The Morning” newsletter; founding editor of “The Upshot” and former New York Times D.C. bureau chief.
• Diana Mason, senior policy service professor and co-director of the Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement, George Washington University School of Nursing.
• Arlene Morgan, assistant dean, Lew Klein College of Media and Communication, Temple University; former associate dean, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.
• Tom Rosenstiel, novelist and visiting professor on the Future of Journalism, University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism; former executive director, American Press Institute.
• Evan Smith, senior adviser, Emerson Collective; former CEO and co-founder of The Texas Tribune.

Emeritus Advisers

• Karen Dunlap, former president and trustee of the Poynter Institute.
• Alberto Ibargüen, president and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
• Kevin Klose, professor emeritus and former dean of the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, and former president of National Public Radio.
• Bill Kovach, founding chairman of Committee of Concerned Journalists; former executive editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
• Charles Lewis, founding executive editor of the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University.
• Kevin Merida, executive editor, Los Angeles Times; former senior vice president, ESPN and editor-in-chief, The Undefeated; former managing editor, The Washington Post.
• Cathy Trost, chief engagement officer, Freedom Forum; founding director of the Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families.
• Irving Washington, senior fellow for health disinformation, Â鶹ŮÓÅ; former executive director/CEO, Online News Association.

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External support for Â鶹ŮÓÅ Health News includes:  

: coverage of federal and state health policy, women’s reproductive health care issues, and general operating support.  

: coverage of health policy news in California. 

: support for our work with California ethnic media. 

: coverage of rural health care issues from western North Carolina. 

: coverage of changes in federal health research funding agencies. 

: support for Â鶹ŮÓÅ Health News’ Healthbeat partnership with . 

: coverage of health care issues in Georgia. 

: coverage of Montana and other Mountain States. 

: coverage of aging, late-life, and geriatric care. 

: Â鶹ŮÓÅ Health News general operating support. 

: coverage of rural health care issues. 

: coverage of health care issues in Michigan. 

: coverage of Missouri and the Midwest. 

: coverage of Montana and other Mountain States. 

: support for our member station reporting partnership with NPR.  

: coverage of health care issues in Georgia.

: coverage of the American South. 

: coverage of longevity and related health and social issues. 

Awards and Honors

Â鶹ŮÓÅ Health News has been recognized repeatedly by our peers in journalism with an increasing number of awards honoring our reports on the American health care system. See the full list.

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