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Ashley Mizuo is the Hawaiʻi correspondent for KFF Health News, covering healthcare policy across the islands. Before joining KFF, Mizuo was the government editor at Hawaiʻi Public Radio, where she led the newsroom’s state and local government coverage. Her work has been recognized by local and national news associations. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Loyola University Chicago and a master’s degree in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois-Springfield.

Briah Lumpkins is the Georgia correspondent for KFF Health News, covering how state and federal health policy shapes Georgians’ daily lives. Before joining KFF, Lumpkins was an enterprise reporter for publications in the Carolinas and Texas where she covered health, politics, racial inequalities, water quality, and more. Her work has been recognized by press associations in North and South Carolina. Lumpkins is a graduate of Miami University in Ohio, where she studied journalism and sociology.

Kate Wells is the Michigan correspondent for KFF Health News. She reports on public health and health policy, with a focus on how national systems and decisions play out in people's daily lives.  Before joining KFF, Wells spent more than a decade at Michigan Public, where her reporting covered everything from abortion access to vaccine hesitancy, bird flu, and the COVID-19 pandemic. She co-hosted and co-reported the NPR and Michigan Public podcast series Believed, based…

Hayat Norimine is a regional editor based in Boise, Idaho, and joined KFF Health News after 10 years in local news. Most recently, she was the accountability editor at the Idaho Statesman, where she oversaw national award-winning projects and collaborations with ProPublica as part of its Local Reporting Network. As a former reporter, she covered state politics in Idaho and city halls for The Dallas Morning News, Seattle Met and The Daily News in southwest…

Andrew Jones is a rural health correspondent for western North Carolina. Previously, he worked at the non-profit news outlet Asheville Watchdog and at the region's paper of record, Asheville Citizen-Times, focusing on hospitals and health care as an investigative reporter. His prior experience also includes reporting for the Daily Times in Maryville, Tennessee, and the Times of Northwest Indiana as a podcaster. Before making the shift to journalism, he taught high school English and journalism…

Mary-Ellen Deily, partnerships editor, was previously a health and science editor at The Washington Post. Mary-Ellen edited staff and freelance reporters on personal health care and policy at The Post, and in 2024 edited the Health 202/Health Brief newsletter, which regularly published KFF Health News content. Before joining the Health section, Mary-Ellen worked in The Post's Opinions department. She came to The Post from Education Week where she worked in a variety of roles, including…

Maia Rosenfeld is a data reporter on the enterprise team at KFF Health News. As a hybrid numbers/news nerd, she uses data analysis to find the people behind statistics and share their stories. Before joining KFF, Maia reported data-driven investigations and daily coverage for ABC News and local television stations, as well as the Scripps Washington Bureau. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Literary Arts from Brown University, where she also studied computer science.

J.J. Evans is a deputy copy chief at KFF Health News. Before joining KFF, he spent 13 years as a multiplatform editor at The Washington Post. That followed stints at The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk and smaller newspapers in Illinois and Indiana. He’s a graduate of Franklin College of Indiana, with a degree in journalism.

Claudia Boyd-Barrett is the Southern California Correspondent for KFF Health News. She writes about health care access and affordability issues facing the region’s diverse populations, and local impacts of national health policy changes. Previously, she was senior reporter and assistant editor at the California Health Report, a nonprofit news site dedicated to health and solutions journalism, as well as an independent health journalist for more than a decade. Her work has garnered numerous awards.   Claudia holds a…