I was the founding community manager here at ReportingonHealth.org and helped design, build and create this community from 2010 to 2012. I created and launched the Career GPS blog and advocated design changes that would prioritize and highlight members' work. I'm happy to continue here as a member and incorporate important questions about health into my reporting.

I'm now the Social Media Manager at Public Radio International, where I work on the digital side of show like The World to build coverage and conversation around global health and immigration.

I've also worked as a freelance journalist writing online and magazine pieces from across Asia, including China, Thailand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. I am the co-editor of Chinese Characters, a collection of stories about life in China to be published by UC Press this year. I was a South Asian Journalists Association Reporting Fellow in 2007/08 and the editor of the online magazine AsiaMedia from 2004 to 2007. I am now a consulting editor to the Journal of Asian Studies. My writing has appeared in the LA Weekly, Far Eastern Economic Review, Mother Jones Online, Pacific Standard, TimeOut Singapore and Global Voices.

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Is blogging good for your career?

<p>Blogging regularly can be very satisfying and give you a chance to connect directly with readers. &nbsp;But is it good for your career? The New England Science Writers hosted a panel of science bloggers at the Harvard Faculty Club in January and MIT Tech TV is hosting a video of the event. The sp

Health by County, Health by Google

<p>In today's <em>Daily Briefing</em>, studies and statistics show us surprising things about health. In the "health by zip code" files, the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have released their <a href="http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/">second annual county health rankings</a>. Janice Simmons at FierceHealthcare <a href="http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/counties-ranked-online-overall-he… the report</a> and <em>Marketplace</em> reports that <a href="http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/03/30/am-a-surprise… healthiest county in the country actually doesn't have great health care options</a>.</p>

Health Journalism Takeaways from the Annual State of the Media Report

<p>State of the News Media 2011, a comprehensive annual report by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, tells us a lot about how health coverage has evolved. Some of the data is predictable, but worth highlighting as we think about how we allocate space in our news coverage

SXSW Interactive: A health wrap-up for journalists

<p>Even if you were in Austin for South by Southwest last week, the sheer volume of information and number of people make it difficult to know what the ultimate take-aways were. How can you sum up the best tips and critical thinking from some 40 panels and meet-ups and events related to health this

SXSW Interactive: Examining health and Facebook with Aimee Roundtree

<p>Many media and health advocacy groups take for granted these days that Twitter and Facebook are essential to reach readers and constituents. But a panel at South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive shed new light on how we use those social media tools. Aimee Roundtree, an associate communications pro