Erin Mershon

Racist emails. Swatting. Intimidated sources. The Haitian Times has been receiving some of the same threats that it has been covering in Springfield, Ohio. nytimes.com/2024/09/19/bus…

Here's the first story in a terrific @statnews investigation on race-based algorithms in health care. statnews.com/2024/09/03/emb… This story is in front of the paywall. But pls remember that subscriptions help support *all* STAT's journalism. Give it a try. statnews.com/stat-plus/

"America’s right flank remains the chief purveyor of misinformation, but this summer’s political tumult created ideal conditions for falsehoods to spread among progressives." nytimes.com/2024/09/03/tec…

Love this story from @BenMullin nytimes.com/2024/08/16/bus…

annnnd that’s a wrap! please read my dispatch of the day: nytimes.com/2024/08/14/bus…

Huge congrats to this year's #MirrorAwards winners! newhouse.syracuse.edu/news/newhouse-…

New: Sally Buzbee was informed on Sunday that Matt Murray would be joining The Washington Post. Matt is now taking meetings in Sally's 7th floor office, and her nameplate has been removed w/@katie_robertson nytimes.com/2024/06/03/bus…

@Sulliview @PeterSullivan4 Ha, it absolutely should have been!! Very hard to imagine better preparation for this job.

@eemershon I assume your time at Camp Sullivan was included on your resume? Congrats!! @PeterSullivan4

Some personal news!

NPR CEO Katherine Maher emails staff about our story: nytimes.com/2024/04/24/bus…

An incredible honor for @statnews reporters. "STAT made a difference in the lives of patients across the nation by having the courage to pursue such a difficult story and the compassion to help those who were so callously treated by the nation’s largest health insurer.''

"Here are 19 ways of understanding how TikTok became part of American life...Even if you’ve never opened the app, you’ve lived in a culture that exists downstream of what happens there." highly, highly recommend (from @sapna + @nytimes) ⬇️⬇️⬇️ nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Mike @abramowitz named as the new director for Voice of America nytimes.com/2024/04/19/bus…

NEW with @caseymross: All year, we’ve been probing how Medicare Advantage plans have denied care based on predictions generated by an algorithm. New documents show the problem goes deeper at UnitedHealth Group and NaviHealth. statnews.com/2023/11/14/uni…

In which a member of Congress tells me they walked around grocery stores placing critical sticky notes on plant-based milk. statnews.com/2023/09/26/dai…

Secret’s out - the note you saw on your almond "milk" and oat "milk" was from me.

🧵Last week, the NIH and Duke announced RECOVER’s #LongCovid clinical trials. While this may sound exciting, scientists and long-haulers told me that the trials are unlikely to lead to meaningful treatments. My story for @statnews & @MuckRock: (1/14) statnews.com/2023/08/09/lon…

BREAKING: Stanford's president resigns after investigation found no evidence of fraud but concluded he failed to ‘decisively and forthrightly’ correct research. My story for @statnews statnews.com/2023/07/19/mar…