Our Mission
We are the only nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom in the United States dedicated exclusively to investigating life-threatening public health inequities. Our mission is to improve people’s well-being through rigorous, data-driven journalism.
Who We Are
Based in Texas, we report throughout the country, with an emphasis on the Southwest. Our team comprises subject-matter experts led by one of America’s most accomplished public health journalists. We are not advocates – rather, fact-driven journalists who tell stories no one else is telling.
We collaborate with newsrooms around the U.S. to ensure both targeted and broad distribution of our stories. We emphasize partnerships that give resource-constrained local news outlets the ability to do ambitious reporting they’d otherwise never be able to do.
We work with Spanish-language media on investigations that disproportionately affect Latino communities. We host town-hall meetings in the communities from which we report.
Our Impact
We get results. Since we began operation in August 2021, our journalism has triggered a stream of legislation and regulation, outcomes that have produced more than a dozen national and regional journalism awards.
Inclusion and Diversity
Public Health Watch strives to reflect our country’s diversity through the communities and topics we cover; our staffing, contributors and partners; the knowledgeable sources that we turn to for information and perspectives; our board of directors, and the memberships and programs in which we participate.