“Meet the Healthcare Media” Lunch & Learn Program

The media landscape continues to change and evolve. The pressures to do more with less, attacks on the credibility of journalists, and distrust of reporters in general have made the job of today’s journalists even more difficult. And then throw in a global pandemic, making the job of being a healthcare reporter even more challenging.

On Thursday, May 20, from noon to 1 p.m., the National Press Club's Communicators Team will host a Lunch and Learn program with leading healthcare professionals to talk about how their jobs have evolved and what they are looking for from communicators. The discussion will be moderated by NPC member, Karen Addis, APR, president and CEO of Addis Communications, a strategic communications agency that specializes in health and science. 

National Press Club members: Free
Non-members: $15, which goes to the NPC Staff Support Fund to assist NPC journalists who have been furloughed due to COVID-19.

Panelists:
•    Jacqueline Howard, CNN Health Reporter
•    Scott Hensley, NPR Health and Science Writer/Editor
•    Tina Reed, Axios Healthcare Editor
•    Ferdous “Danny” Al-Faruque, Medtech Insight Senior Reporter

About the Panelists

Jacqueline Howard, CNN Health Reporter
Jacqueline is based at CNN’s world headquarters in Atlanta. She was a 2019 National Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism and a 2020 Press Fellow at the United Nations Foundation. Previously, she was senior science editor at The Huffington Post and host/producer of the video series “Talk Nerdy to Me.” She has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, and a bachelor’s degree in communication studies from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Jacqueline is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists.

Scott Hensley, NPR Health and Science Editor
During the pandemic, Scott has been editing broadcast and online coverage of the development of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. Before joining NPR in 2009, he worked as a reporter and editor in The Wall Street Journal’s health and science bureau. Earlier in his journalism career he was a reporter for Modern Healthcare and American Banker.

Tina Reed, Axios Healthcare Editor
Tina has been on the healthcare beat for much of her reporting career. Before joining Axios last month, she was the executive editor at Fierce Healthcare. She was with the Washington Business Journal from 2014 to 2018. Previously, she covered healthcare, the military, and education at the Capitol Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland. She also worked at AnnArbor.com and the Ann Arbor News in Michigan as a business reporter and multimedia producer. She is a graduate of Michigan State University. 

Ferdous “Danny” Al-Faruque, Medtech Insight Senior Reporter
Ferdous Al-Faruque, known as Danny, specializes in reporting on new medical device technologies, such as mobile health, combination products, unique device identifiers, and issues surrounding interoperability and cyber security. He is also Medtech’s resident podcast expert and has brought listeners the voices of top FDA officials as well as industry leaders. He has served as treasurer of the National Press Club. Danny enjoys science fiction, especially Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek.