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Sam Whitehead, correspondent, covers the South from his base just outside Atlanta.

Matt Volz, Mountain States editor, coordinates KFF Health News coverage and media partnerships in Montana and Colorado from his base in Helena, Montana. He joined the organization in 2020 after 18 years as a correspondent and editor for The Associated Press in Montana, New York, Alaska, and Mississippi.

Sarah Jane Tribble, senior correspondent, is the lead reporter on the rural health desk of KFF Health News. She created the organization’s first narrative podcast, “Where It Hurts,” about the closure of a rural Kansas hospital.

Darius Tahir, correspondent, is based in Washington, D.C., and reports on health technology with an eye toward how it helps (or doesn’t) underserved populations; how it can be used (or not) to help government’s public health efforts; and whether or not it’s as innovative as it’s cracked up to be.

Lynne Shallcross, senior digital editor, joined KFF Health News after earning a master’s in journalism from the University of California-Berkeley, where she was a Kaiser Permanente Health Policy Journalism Fellow. Her interactive project on health apps won a 2015 award from the Online News Association.

Fred Schulte, investigative reporter for KFF Health News, previously worked at The Baltimore Sun, the South Florida Sun Sentinel, and the Center for Public Integrity.

Lauren Sausser, South Carolina correspondent, covers health care across the South. She is based in Charleston, where she spent nine years covering health care at The Post and Courier. She has received awards from the Association of Health Care Journalists, the Society of Professional Journalists, and other groups.

Bram Sable-Smith, Midwest correspondent, joined KFF Health News after eight years covering public health and the social safety net for Wisconsin Public Radio; the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism; KBIA in Columbia, Missouri; and Side Effects Public Media, a public media reporting collaborative in the Midwest specializing in health issues.

Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent, hosts the KFF Health News weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” Previously, she spent 16 years as a health policy correspondent for NPR, where she helped lead the network’s coverage of the passage and implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

Renuka Rayasam, senior correspondent, joined KFF Health News in 2022 from Politico, where she wrote for its magazine, covered Texas policy and politics, and helped launch a daily covid-19 briefing called “Nightly.” Previously, she worked for the Austin American-Statesman and U.S. News & World Report.