Heather May

I have been a reporter for 12 years, covering education and city government before joining a two-person team covering health. I have won awards for covering the growth in charity care and bad debt seen at local hospitals, for investigating one of the inventors of the artificial heart and for features on a photographer of stillbirth babies and a liver transplant.

As a 2010 National Fellow, I plan to write about a variety of health disparities found in some of Salt Lake City's poorest and most diverse neighborhoods.

 

Articles

Covering disparities: Rewarding, challenging

<p>Writing about health disparities on the west side of Salt Lake City was probably one of the most difficult assignments I've had while covering health. The goal was to point out the disparities that exist in one of the healthiest states in the country. <br /><br /><br /></p>

Healthy for whom? The West Side of Salt Lake City

<p>In a state that prides itself as one of the healthiest in the nation, the people of western Salt Lake City face geographic health disparities that are daunting to overcome, including higher pollution and asthma rates.</p>

Latinos and neural tube defects

<p>This story takes a closer look at why Latinos have higher rates of birth defects of the brain and spine and what's being done about it. It is the first of three fellowship stories about health disparities in Utah by race/ethnicity and geography.</p>