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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This week on Florida Matters (Tuesday, June 30 at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday, July 5 at 7:30 a.m.), we take a look at the physics and engineering of extreme… -
Florida looks to lose more federal money set aside for Medicaid than any state that has opted out of expanding the health care program for the poor, says…
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Tampa-based WellCare Health Plans, Inc. has named Andrew “Drew” Asher as senior vice president, and anticipates he will become Chief Financial Officer in… -
Florida lags behind the rest of the country in vaccinating children for the human papillomavirus. Part of the problem started eight years ago, when the… -
Home health aides, medical assistants and other workers with less than a four-year college degree account for nearly half of the health care workforce in… -
Health officials say a mosquito-borne illness that had afflicted Floridians who traveled to the Caribbean has now been transmitted within the state.The… -
Florida's largest hospital is also its best, according to the annual U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals ranking announced today.Florida Hospital in… -
A lot more Floridians have health coverage compared to a year ago, but the state continues to have one of the nation’s highest uninsured rates, two new… -
Unpaid claims. Coverage Denied. Liquidation.These are not words you want associated with your health insurance company.But that's what happened to 38,000… -
Florida’s Department of Health was within its legal right to revamp the state’s system for establishing new hospital trauma centers, an administrative…
