Bylines
Authors & bylines
Who writes Today in Public Health — a real founder, and a set of recurring editorial personas the newsroom uses for different kinds of coverage.
Most of our bylines are recurring editorial pen-name personas, not employees or real individuals. They represent consistent kinds of coverage — investigation, explanation, storytelling — while the work behind them is produced and edited by real people. We never invent credentials, histories, or photographs for them. Read more in our Persona & Byline Policy.
Recurring editorial personas
Mara Voss
The Investigator
Accountability and investigative reporting on public-health systems.
Dex Mercer
The Public Health Menace
Blunt, myth-busting commentary on everyday health.
Maya Bell
The Explainer
Clear, patient explanations of how public health works.
June Calder
The Human Storyteller
People-first features on the human side of public health.
Eli Ward
The Futures Correspondent
Emerging science, technology, and the frontier of health.