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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.…

Kelly Johnson, enterprise editor, manages projects related to acute care for seniors, serious illness care, end-of-life issues, prescription drug pricing, the pharmaceutical industry, and more. She previously was the Sunday Business editor at The Washington Post, where she edited stories about big personalities and big ideas that spanned the worlds of business, energy, health care, technology, taxes, Wall Street, economics, policy, and leadership. Kelly is a native of South Dakota and mentored and taught college-level…

Eric Harkleroad, digital producer, helps prepare KFF Health News articles and visuals for publication. Before joining KFF Health News, Eric interned as a visual journalist for Education Week and Voice of America and worked as a data journalist for Capital News Service, where he sharpened his programming skills in R and worked on an investigation into Baltimore's sewage backup reimbursement program. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland.

Taunya English, deputy managing editor of broadcast, joined KFF Health News to help shape the newsroom’s expanding audio offerings, including experimentation with podcasts and the longtime reporting partnership with NPR and its member stations. Previously, Taunya was editorial director of “The Pulse,” a national health and science radio show produced at WHYY in Philadelphia, where she commissioned audio stories from around the country. During 15-plus years as a health reporter, Taunya’s coverage focused on health…

Zach Dyer, senior producer for audio, is responsible for the KFF Health News podcasts “American Diagnosis” and “Epidemic,” as well as the Health News Minute for CBS radio affiliates. Before joining KFF Health News, he was a producer and engineer with Just Human Productions. Zach started his journalism career as a reporter with The Tico Times newspaper in San José, Costa Rica. He has reported from four countries, and his work has appeared in 99%…

Terry Byrne, Copy Chief, is a veteran of newspapers and magazines — and their digital platforms — including USA Today, The Detroit News, The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot, The (Newport News) Daily Press, and USA Weekend Magazine. There she served as copy desk chief and was on the founding team behind its Make A Difference Day volunteerism franchise. She has won awards for headline writing and has written about birding, climate change, parenting, and the fine arts…

Arielle Zionts, rural health care correspondent, primarily covers South Dakota, where she is based, and its neighboring states and tribal nations. Arielle previously worked at South Dakota Public Broadcasting, reporting on business and economic development. Before that, she was the criminal justice reporter at the Rapid City Journal and a general assignment reporter at Nogales International, on the Arizona-Mexico border. She graduated from Pitzer College in Claremont, California.

Lydia Zuraw, web editor for KFF Health News, prepares stories for online publication and helps maintain the websites of California Healthline and KFF Health News. She creates data visualizations, interactive elements, and illustrations, as well as preparing multimedia packages for media partners. She was part of the award-winning team that produced “Lost on the Frontline” in 2020 and 2021. Lydia joined KFF Health News after two years as the Washington correspondent for Food Safety News,…