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Allen Siegler
Public Health Reporter, Mountain State Spotlight
Public Health Reporter, Mountain State Spotlight
Allen Siegler is the public health reporter at Mountain State Spotlight, a nonprofit newsroom covering issues in West Virginia. He covers a wide array of topics related to health equity in the state, from transgender health care to harm reduction access. Siegler is the recipient of multiple Association of Health Care Journalists scholarships, including the group’s Rural Health and CDC fellowships. He has a master’s degree in public health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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