What it means to be human: How nonprofit news organizations bring mental health reporting to the…
<p>As a practicing nurse through the 1990s, Rose Hoban witnessed many patients whose care was impeded — often by health care policies they didn’t know existed.</p>
<p>To help advance the cause of her patients, she soon pivoted to journalism — joining North Carolina Public Radio (WUNC) in 2005. There, she began extensively reporting on the state’s mental health care system.</p>
<p>When she arrived at the news station, five people were covering health care at the competing local daily newspaper. By the time she left in mid-2011, all five of those people had left. Realizing that she was “the last person standing,” Hoban said, was part of her inspiration for launching <a href="https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">North Carolina Health News</a> in 2012. The organization, a member of the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN), has since provided crucial information about health care in the state — topics ranging from state health policy to mental health.</p>
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