Kristin Gourlay

Kristin covers health care for Rhode Island Public Radio, Rhode Island's NPR station. Before joining RIPR, Kristin covered the environment and science for Louisville Public Media in Kentucky. And prior to that she was a reporter and host for Wyoming Public Radio. Kristin received her MS in journalism from Columbia University and her BA in anthropology from Lewis & Clark College. She's also taught undergraduate journalism and broadcast skills. For RIPR, Kristin covers all aspects of health care, from the burden of disease and health care disparities, to efforts to reform payment and delivery. She's won numerous national, regional, and local awards, most recently a regional Edward R. Murrow award for her year-long series "Future Docs," examining medical education in a changing health care landscape.