Taylor Wizner
Reporter/ProducerExpertise: Health care policy, medicine, public health, health equity, podcast production
Education: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Bachelor of Arts, English literature
Columbia University - Master of Science, journalism
Favorite spot in Northeast Ohio: Edgewater Beach
Experience:
Taylor Wizner covers health in Northeast Ohio with a focus on health care policy, health equity and engagement journalism. She has previously reported for Interlochen Public Radio and WDET.
Highlights:
- 2023 Regional Murrow Award, Hard News - “Petoskey High School students say searches for vapes went too far”
- Helped launch a podcast focused on environmental issues in the Upper Great Lakes region
- Work has appeared on NPR
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Dr. Akram Boutros, who was fired by The MetroHealth System in 2022, has refiled a damages case against the hospital. -
Reports of domestic abuse are rising in Ohio. In this Sound of Us story, a Wayne County woman comes to terms with her past to help others and raise awareness about the complex dynamics of abuse. -
Residents who live near the former St. Vincent Charity Medical Center said the news of the building's planned demolition made them doubt other health care services will return to the neighborhood. -
A report did not determine whether the former CEO was right to take the bonuses in the way he did, only that there was not enough evidence to prove he knowingly deceived the board of trustees in taking the payments. -
University Hospitals asked staff for ideas to conserve IV fluids, following a reduction of 60% from their supplier, whose factory was impacted by Hurricane Helene. Officials found the new ideas prevented waste and patients preferred them. -
The acquisition between Health Assurance Transformation Corporation, or HATCo, and Summa Health, was finalized Thursday. -
The fate of Trumbull Regional Medical Center and Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital has been up in the air since the hospitals’ previous owner, Steward Health Care, announced it was filing for bankruptcy in May. -
People who have medical emergencies near Election Day often have their voting plans disrupted, but some doctors are working to offer them a chance to vote. -
MetroHealth's new 13-bed psychiatric emergency department aims to address a regional shortage in capacity for short-term, inpatient care for people with mental illness. -
Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb called for reevaluating the city's lead-safe housing certification program, meant to eliminate child lead poisonings from exposure to lead in homes.
