Mary Shedden
WUSF News DirectorMary Shedden is news director at WUSF.
Since arriving at WUSF in 2013, she has worked as a reporter and as editor of the Health News Florida journalism collaborative.
In the past 20 years, Shedden has told the stories of retired pro athletes in chronic pain, children poisoned by toxic toys, and seniors who nearly overdosed on prescription drugs.
Her work at The Tampa Tribune and TBO.com, Florida Today and the Gainesville Sun have been honored by professional organizations including the Society of Professional Journalists, Associated Press Sports Editors, and the Florida Society of News Editors.
A graduate of the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications, Shedden has lived in the Tampa Bay area since 1999.
Contact her at 813-974-8636, on Twitter @MaryShedden or by email.
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Jamie Harden knows firsthand how Florida Legislative leaders feel about Medicaid expansion. Last year, the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce asked him to… -
Florida's Legislature has twice turned down proposals to provide health insurance for nearly 1 million state residents. And the new House Speaker on… -
Florida’s safety-net hospitals stand to lose 15 percent of the money it receives from Medicaid next year, if state and federal officials don’t renew an… -
Members of a Tampa-based nurses’ union on Tuesday rallied against the physical and emotional abuse they say is an all-too-common occupational hazard.The… -
Black and Hispanic Floridians are signing up for insurance on HealthCare.gov in big numbers.Since enrollment for 2015 coverage began Nov. 15, more than… -
Florida is about to increase the age requirement for children riding in car seats.As of Thursday, the law requires five-point restraints until a child's… -
Take a look at the top health care stories in Florida in 2014, and it’s clear that the business of Medicare and Medicaid continued to dominate the… -
Luis Alejandro Larrorte has lived the past two decades in the United States -- all of it without health insurance.But the 56-year-old who sells cable… -
Florida's elder guardianship program is meant to help vulnerable elders.But Sarasota Herald-Tribune reporter Barbara Peters Smith recently published a… -
Monday’s an important deadline for Floridians shopping for insurance on HealthCare.gov.Nearly a million residents signed up on this federally run…
