Liza Gross is a reporter for Inside Climate News based in Northern California, author of The Science Writers’ Investigative Reporting Handbook and a contributor to The Science Writers’ Handbook, both funded by National Association of Science Writers’ Peggy Girshman Idea Grants. She has long covered science, biodiversity, agriculture, public and environmental health and justice with a focus on the abuse of science for private gain. She is a 2015 California Health Data Journalism Fellow and a 2013 Dennis Hunt Fund for Health Journalism fellow.

 

Articles

Still Dreaming of Health Care

As the Affordable Care Act rolls out in 2014, tens of millions of uninsured Americans will gain access to health coverage. But at least 3 million Californians will remain uninsured, including low-income adults and 1 million undocumented residents.

Place Matters: Zoning in on Health Disparities

Where you live—and who you are—plays a big part in how long you’ll live. If you live in poverty in California’s San Joaquin Valley, and you're Latino, you’re twice as likely to die prematurely as someone who is white and lives in an upper-class community.

Following the Money in Politics

How could legislation designed to protect people from suspected cancer-causing compounds in furniture foam fail to pass? Experts say lobbying money had a lot to do with it. Here's how I tracked the millions of dollars spent by the chemical industry to defeat the bill.