Liz Seegert

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Specialty Subjects : healthy aging, older women's health, social determinants of health, chronic disease, Medicare, health policy, health reform, nursing homes, nursing, dementia/Alzheimer's, palliative care/end of life, caregiving, ageism

Enter your professional bio here : Liz Seegert is an award-winning veteran independent health journalist covering aging, health policy, social determinants of health, women's health and related health care issues. Liz is a regular writer for Stanford Longevity magazine, Fortune Well, Aging in America News, and has also written for TIME Health, The Wirecutter, PBS/NextAvenue.org, Money, American Journal of Nursing, Medscape, Consumer Reports, and Medical Economics, along with dozens of other mainstream and trade media. Her articles have been syndicated in Forbes.com, the Los Angeles Times, the Hartford Courant, the Saturday Evening Post, to name a few. As AHCJ's topic editor for aging, she provides journalists with story ideas, tips, resources, and best practices for reporting on aging. Liz also co-directs two journalism fellowships: the Journalists in Aging Fellowship, a partnership of the Journalists Network on Generations and the Gerontological Society of America, and the JAWS (Journalism and Women Symposium) Health Journalism Fellowship.

Writing Credits : Fortune Well, TIME Health, The Wirecutter, Fortune, Money, PBS/Next Avenue, Consumer Reports, American Journal of Nursing, Medscape, Medical Economics, The BMJ, Connecticut Health Investigative Team (C-HIT), AARP online, Kaiser Health News, Covering Health (AHCJ blog), Journal of Active Aging, The Guardian, NBC THINK, Silver Century Foundation

Awards and Recognition : Excellence in health journalism, AHCJ, 2023 Honorable mention, trade, ASJA, 2023

Skills (Select all that apply) : News, Podcasts (writing), Radio (producing), Radio (writing), White papers, Feature writing, Articles, Blog posts, Case studies, Conference/meeting coverage, Ghostwriting, Profiles, Web copy

List any memberships you have with other organizations : Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ)
Journalism & Women Symposium (JAWS, former board member)
Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)