124. Preying on Patients: Dispatch Reporters Max Filby & Jennifer Smola Shaffer
Dan talks with Columbus Dispatch reporters Max Filby and Jennifer Smola Shaffer about their investigative series, Preying on Patients. Topics include possible reforms for the medical board, and the role journalism plays in bringing these stories about sexual misconduct to light.
101. Restlessness in the Workforce: Ginger Christ of Modern Healthcare
Dan talks with health care reporter Ginger Christ about the state of the health care workforce, including food access, wages, and working conditions generally, including for the many immigrants who are staffing some of our most important health care jobs.
85. Max Filby of The Columbus Dispatch on Health Care Reporting During the Pandemic
Dan talks with Max Filby, health and medicine reporter at The Columbus Dispatch. Topics include recent developments with vaccination supply and demand, a recent ebola scare, and lessons learned from the pandemic, both for reporting and for public health in Ohio.
75. Exiting Ohio: Journalism & Health in Ohio with Paige Pfleger
Dan talks with Paige Pfleger, for the past few years a health and science reporter at WOSU Media, who is now on her way to WPLN in Nashville. Dan and Paige discuss her time in Ohio, the challenges and joys of covering stories intersecting with health, and how journalists can stay connected to communities in a rapidly-shifting journalism industry.
59. False Positives & the Politics of COVID-19: Anne Gearan and Brittany Shammas of The Washington Post
Dan talks with Washington Post reporters Anne Gearan and Brittany Shammas about reporting they have done at the nexus of Ohio and the national response to COVID-19. Topics include Gov. DeWine's false positive test for COVID-19, efforts to push back against misinformation about COVID-19 testing and vaccines, and school reopening discussions.
Ep. 58 — "I Just Feel So Powerless": Tyler Buchanan on Reopening Ohio's Schools
Dan Skinner talks with Tyler Buchanan about the frustrations and anxieties that teachers in Ohio are working through as we approach the opening - in different forms - of Ohio's schools.
Ep. 57 — Moore Masks, Please
On this week’s episode, Dan talks with Rob Moore about his new article on the Ohio Capital Journal on mask mandates. The conversation roams from the evolution of opinions on masks throughout the epidemic to the challenges of school reopenings.
Ep. 16 — Reporter Ginger Christ on Homelessness and Healthcare in Cleveland and Akron
Dan Skinner talks with Ginger Christ, business of healthcare reporter for the Plain Dealer. Topics include homelessness and trauma.