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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An investigation into doctors performing common elective surgeries is placing the spotlight on a Citrus County physician and hospital.The non-profit news… -
The U.S. Supreme Court decision on health subsidies keeps intact the way more than 1 million Floridians buy and pay for insurance through… -
Thirty years ago, a HIV-positive diagnosis was a death sentence, and gay men and IV-drug users were most likely to get infected.Today, the demographics of… -
Covenant Hospice Inc., a non-profit hospice care provider in Southern Alabama and Northwest Florida, will pay more than $10.1 million to the government… -
Everyone thinks HIV happens to someone else.It only infects men who are having sex with men, they say. Or HIV drug users.And while that still accounts for… -
It was 1964. The New York World's Fair.And a young Tony Napolitano saw his first video phone at the Bell Telephone pavilion. The boy marveled that people… -
A U.S. Supreme Court decision expected this summer could quickly change how Floridians with insurance through HealthCare.gov pay for coverage.Arguments…
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Social Security is turning 80 this year. And Medicare is hitting the big 5-0. These aging government programs - and the challenges brought on by the… -
The number of doctors practicing psychiatry and general surgery is expected to reach critically low levels in the next 10 years, according to a new study… -
Tanya VillanuevaTepper was thinking wedding plans -- not widowhood -- the morning of September 11, 2001.Her fiancé, a New York City firefighter, was among…
