Before Bernie Sanders ran for president, few states had seriously considered “single-payer” health care. Today, Rhode Island is one of at least 18…
Lynn Arditi
Lynn joined The Public's Radio as health reporter in 2017 after more than three decades as a journalist, including 28 years at The Providence Journal. Her series "A 911 Emergency," a project of the 2019 ProPublica Local Reporting Network, won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award in the radio/podcast category in 2020.
A native of New York City, she graduated from Oberlin College and landed her first journalism job at The Center for Investigative Reporting (now known as Reveal) in Washington, D.C., where she did story development for 60 Minutes. When the T.V. market imploded in 1987, the D.C. office of CIR closed and within a year she moved to Massachusetts to take a reporting job at the former Holyoke Transcript-Telegram, a small daily newspaper.
A year later, she moved to Providence, R.I. to work at The Providence Journal. There, she worked for several years as a bureau reporter covering schools and local issues, before she began covering statewide beats including higher education, the economy, housing and health care. During those years, she also honed her skills in narrative journalism, and served as chairwoman of the newspaper’s writing committee. Her work has been recognized by New England Associated Press News Executives Association and the Society of American Business Editors & Writers.
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CVS Health Corp. Paid CEO $18M Compensation in 2017
CVS Health paid its CEO Larry J.Merlo compensation totaling more than $18 million last year. That’s according to a proxy statement filed Tuesday with…
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Feds Threaten Funding For RI Food Stamps Program
The federal government is threatening to withhold nearly $1 million dollars in reimbursements to Rhode Island because of ongoing problems with the state…
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CEO of Children’s Friend: Governor’s FY’19 Budget Shortchanges DCYF
Testimony is expected Tuesday before the House Finance Committee on Governor Gina Raimondo’s proposed fiscal 2019 budget for the state’s Department of…
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R.I. Health Director: ‘Slight Decrease’ In Drug Overdose Deaths
Rhode Island health officials report drug overdose deaths last year declined about 4 percent, the first significant decline in nearly a decade. The…
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RI Kids Count Fact Book Highlights Problems And Progress
Fewer children in Rhode Island are living in poverty but more face longer wait times for in-patient psychiatric care, according to the Rhode Island Kids…
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Academic Medicine A Big Driver Of RI Economy, Study Shows
A new study by the Association of American Medical Colleges offers fresh evidence that academic medicine is a major driver of Rhode Island’s economy.
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Union Files Labor Complaint Against Fatima Hospital For Witholding Inspection Documents
The union representing employees at Fatima Hospital in North Providence has filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board against hospital…
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Tackling The Opioid Epidemic: Lessons From Portugal
The streets of Lisbon, Portugal were once described as littered with syringes. During the 1990s, this southern European country roughly the size of…
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Public Health Experts: Bill Mandating Life Sentences For Drug Dealers Won’t Save Lives
Public health experts are opposing a bill introduced at the request of state Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin to mandate life sentences for drug…
