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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After more than a half century of controversy, Nathan B. Forrest High School in Jacksonville is looking for a new name.In 1959, Forrest High was named for… -
When Allison Rojas looks at a painting by Alice Neel, the high school junior sees more than a seated woman in a purple sari.“She uses very bold lines as… -
To get into Florida colleges and universities, you have to have studied — or speak — a second language.But — Florida students don’t have to take foreign… -
In all the attention surrounding the Common Core hearings Florida is holding this week, it would have been easy to miss a curious exchange at Tuesday’s -
Florida is on a shrinking list of states that still allow corporal punishment in schools. Education Week’s Alyssa Morones looked at how states are -
The Florida Department of Education is asking communities to weigh in on the Common Core standards in public schools.The state is hosting three public… -
There are fewer custodians and support staff in Florida public schools than there were in 2007.A StateImpact Florida analysis of jobs in Florida public… -
Starting October first, Floridians will be able to buy health insurance through a government-run website—or “health insurance exchange”—where consumers can
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For a growing number of students across Florida, a visit to the school nurse isn’t what it used to be. Many schools now have clinics with doctors and
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After a long, humid summer, kids across the state are waking up and getting ready to go back to school this week. One of those students, 16-year-old Keri
