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Julie Appleby, senior correspondent, has reported on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, health care treatments and costs, trends in health insurance, and policies affecting hospitals and other medical providers. Before joining KFF Health News, Julie spent 10 years covering the health industry and health care policy at USA Today. She also worked at the San Francisco Chronicle and the Contra Costa Times in Walnut Creek, California. She helped launch the Association of Health…

Cara Anthony, Midwest correspondent, joined KFF Health News in 2019 after serving as a multimedia reporter at the Belleville News-Democrat. A native of East St. Louis, Illinois, she previously worked at The Indianapolis Star, The Frederick (Maryland) News-Post, and the Daily Press (Newport News, Virginia). Cara won a 2021 Edward R. Murrow award for Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion reporting. Her reporting on gun violence earned a 2021 Salute to Excellence Award from the…

Paula Andalo, ethnic media editor, is focused on partnerships between KFF Health News and Spanish-language media. She has more than 30 years of experience as a health care writer and editor. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she began her career at Clarín newspaper, where she created an award-winning health section. She served as managing editor of El Tiempo Latino when the newspaper was owned by The Washington Post, and she was the Spanish editor of the…

Arthur Allen, senior correspondent, writes about the FDA and the pharmaceutical industry as well as topics related to covid-19. He joined KFF Health News in 2020 after six years at Politico, where he created, edited, and wrote for its first news team to focus on health information technology. Previously, he was a freelance writer for publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, and Slate. He also worked for The Associated…

Lauren Zamarron, newsletter editor for California Healthline’s Daily Edition and KFF Health News’ newsletters, joined the organization in 2020 after 16 years as a copy editor at USA Today. She also worked on the copy and wire desks at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Austin American-Statesman, The Roanoke Times, Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, and The Florida Times-Union. Lauren has won several awards for headline writing, and her opinion stories have appeared in USA Today. She also taught…

Kytja Weir, national editor, leads KFF Health News’ state-based coverage. Before joining the organization in 2019, she led the state politics team at the Center for Public Integrity, which partnered with The Associated Press, USA Today, and NPR, among others, on investigative pieces diving into the politics behind the opioid crisis, soaring Medicaid drug prices, and more. Its work won multiple honors, including from the National Press Club, the Online News Association, Gerald Loeb Awards,…

Oona Zenda, Digital Producer and Illustrator, works on KFF Health News’s websites and its social media team. Based in New York City, she built the visual vocabulary for the “American Diagnosis” and “Epidemic” podcasts. Before pivoting to apply her artist’s sensibility to public health journalism, she trained as a sushi chef and ran an acclaimed one-woman chef’s tasting restaurant in Manhattan. She earned a bachelor’s of fine arts degree with honors from the School of…

Stephanie Stapleton, senior editor, has decades of experience covering health care. She started with KFF Health News when it launched in 2009. Before that, she was a reporter and then health and science editor for American Medical News. She holds a master’s in journalism and public affairs from American University and is a native of Ohio.

Nathan Payne, regional editor, is based in Traverse City, Michigan. He joined KFF Health News after 17 years working in local news, including as the regional editor for investigations for CNHI News and executive editor for the Traverse City Record-Eagle. In those roles, he worked to build partnerships with Report for America and expand coverage of Indigenous communities with the Mishigamiing Journalism Project. His newsrooms have won a variety of honors, including a Sigma Delta…

Judy Lin, California editor, oversees KFF Health News coverage of California and leads ethnic media partnerships in the state. Judy was assistant editor at CalMatters, where she directed the award-winning California Divide project, a collaboration among multiple newsrooms focused on poverty and income inequality. She reported on Sacramento policy and politics for more than a decade for The Associated Press and The Sacramento Bee. Early on, she covered Detroit City Hall for The Detroit News.…