Professional Summary
Jan Greene
P.O. Box 1435
Alameda, CA 94501
510-749-7681
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Current status: Freelance journalist (since 1997).
Recent clients:
- Los Angeles Times Health section
- Annals of Emergency Medicine, health policy analysis
- Hospitals & Health Networks, features on business of healthcare
- Health magazine, features on consumer health
- Pharmacy Practice News, medical meeting and news coverage
- Small Business Majority, web copy, research and testimony
- Circle of Life awards, yearly brochure on end-of-life care programs
Background
- Full-time reporter from 1983 to 1997 covering health, environment and general assignment
Other Experience
- Book author
Awards
- Named Outstanding Nevada Journalist, 1995
Journalism Jobs
- Hospitals and Health Networks , Chicago, Ill. Staff writer, 1996 to 1997
- Las Vegas Review-Journal , Las Vegas, Nev. Health and medical reporter, 1993 to 1996
- Telegram-Tribune , San Luis Obispo, Calif. Environment, agriculture and politics reporter, 1990 to 1993
- Bureau of National Affairs , Washington, D.C. Environment reporter, 1986 to 1989
- Fairchild News Service , Washington, D.C. Supreme Court and congressional correspondent, 1984 to 1986
- News-Times , Brea, Calif. Community editor, 1983 to 1984
- Daily News Tribune , Fullerton, Calif. Part-time reporter, 1981 to 1983
Other Professional Experience
- Fellow, Knight Center for Specialized Journalism seminar on “Paying for Healthcare,” 1994
- Barney Kilgore Freedom of Information Intern, Society of Professional Journalists, 1984
- Intern, Los Angeles Times, 1982
Books
- Co-author, Legacy of Healing, a book detailing the history of a unique medical group in Modesto, California, 2009
- Author, Dotter Interventional Institute: The First 15 Years, a book commissioned by a prominent interventional radiology group in Portland, Oregon, 2006
- Chapter author, 1998 Leadership Report, AHA Press
- Author, “Pesticide Regulation: A Handbook for Users,” a 150-page book published by CRC Press in 1994
- Principal author, “FIFRA ‘88,” a short book on amendments to the federal pesticides law; 1988, Bureau of National Affairs
Education
- California State University, Fullerton: B.A., Communications, news-editorial, 1984.
Awards and Honors
- Bronze award, how-to article, American Society of Business Publication Editors, 2004 Awards Midwest-South Region
- Bronze award, special supplement, American Society of Business Publication Editors, 2001 Awards Midwest Region
- Second place, reporting in special interest publication, Chicago Headline Club, 1997
- Third place, signed editorial, American Society of Business Press Editors, Midwest, 1997
- Outstanding Journalist in the State, Nevada Press Association, 1995; also second place, investigative reporting, 1995; third place, spot news, 1994
Professional Memberships
- Association of Health Care Journalists
- American Society of Journalists and Authors