The Bay Citizen launched in May 2010 to provide nonprofit journalism in the public interest to the San Francisco Bay Area, online at www.baycitizen.org and in the Bay Area pages of The New York Times. Previously, Zoe was a founding staff member of the daily local news magazine Crosscurrents from KALW Public Radio, 91.7 FM in San Francisco. In 2009, she was named “Outstanding Emerging Journalist” by the Northern California Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Her national reporting credits include NPR News, PRI's The World, and The Takeaway. Zoe moved to San Francisco from New York in 2005. Her journalism career began at New York University’s student radio station, WNYU, where she served as news director.

Articles

Frustrated with the City's Safety Net

<p>San Francisco's public heath program, Healthy San Francisco, services nearly 47,000 uninsured patients. Some of those patients are young, educated professionals, the subject of a three-part series we are reporting. In part two, KALW's Zoe Corneli speaks with one member of Healthy San Francisco who is frustrated with the program. Her experience mirrors that of a third of participants who reported to the independent Kaiser Family Foundation that at least one aspect of getting care is more difficult now than before they joined the program.

Young Professionals Go Without Health Insurance

<p>In California alone, nearly 4 million working people lack health insurance. Many of them are young, educated professionals who freelance or work part time. These are the invisible uninsured, our neighbors and friends. Often, lacking health care is their uncomfortable secret.</p> <p>Over the next few weeks, we’ll hear some of the stories of this group. Today, KALW’s Zoe Corneli reports on educated young adults who make the choice to live without health insurance.</p>