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Meg Kissinger

Meg Kissinger spent more than two decades reporting on America’s mental health system for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. A Pulitzer Prize finalist, she has won dozens of accolades, including two George Polk Awards, the Robert F. Kennedy Award and honors from Investigative Reporters and Editors. She is a trainer for the Dart Center on Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University.

Meg's Latest Articles

Fury mounts over insurance claim denials – including mental health – after killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
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Essays & Interviews
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December 17, 2024

Public response to the murder of health insurance CEO Brian Thompson reveals depth of rage toward insurance industry

Surviving the Tiger Pit: How a Journalist’s Family Story Pushed Her to Report on a Failed Mental Health System
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Arts & Culture
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September 19, 2023

In a moving memoir, journalist Meg Kissinger tells the story of her own family's struggles with mental illness, and how those experiences fueled her passion to be an investigative reporter and storyteller.

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