Sammy Mack
Public radio. Public health. Public policy.
Most days, Sammy Mack covers health care policy for WLRN. Her health care journalism is supported by a fellowship with the Kaiser Health News and NPR Health Care Reporting in the States project.
Like most folks who've worked at a member station, she's worn a lot of hats: interim digital editor during the re-launch of WLRN.org, assistant producer for The Florida Roundup, morning news producer, intern coordinator, party planner. She was one half of the StateImpact Florida education reporting team.
Her stories have appeared on NPR, Kaiser Health News, Monocle 24, the Miami Herald, Global Health, Health News Florida, Gambit Weekly, MAP Magazine, Gulfshore Life, Philadelphia Weekly, the St. Petersburg Times (now Tampa Bay Times) and other outlets.
Mack’s work has been honored with a Third Coast Best News Feature Award, Green Eyeshade Award for Investigative Journalism, and Florida AP Broadcaster and SPJ Sunshine State awards. She’s collaborated on projects that have won a Third Coast International Audio Festival bronze award, an Emmy, national and regional Edward R. Murrow awards, a Wilbur Award and a Dart Award. Mack was a writing fellow during the 2008 Poynter Summer Fellowship for Young Journalists.
She was recognized by her colleagues as the 2011 Herald Top Chef. She’s happy to share her recipe for garam masala macarons with lemongrass filling.
You can find her on Twitter @sammymack.
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There is a card in Joost Sajet’s wallet that looks like any other health insurance card—plan name, policyholder, group number, a hotline number for... -
Florida is looking to make major changes to Children’s Medical Services, the state-run health care program for children with complex medical needs. -
The Affordable Care Act has had a profound impact on how money moves through Florida’s health care economy, according to a biennial market report out... -
Time is one of the biggest factors in treating strokes — and a group of South Florida researchers say they’ve found a way to buy stroke patients more... -
It’s been a month since the deadly shooting in Las Vegas that killed 58 people and injured hundreds more, and a group of trauma researchers is calling... -
Florida Senator: Help Puerto Rico And U.S. Virgin Islands Before They Run Out Of Health-Care DollarsFlorida Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson has co-signed a letter asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to send more support to Puerto Rico... -
A team of researchers has prevented Zika virus infection in monkeys —and they hope the new approach can be developed for use in pregnant women. The... -
When Hurricane Irma slammed into the U.S. Virgin Islands, Alvin Joseph was home in St. Thomas with his wife, his oldest granddaughter and four of his... -
There are more than 4 million children in Florida, and Dr. Jeffrey Brosco just became responsible for them. Brosco is a pediatrician at the University... -
It costs American hospitals about $622 million every year to admit patients with gunshot wounds—and it turns out, we’re all paying the bills. That’s...
