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Author Archives: 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.

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Surviving the Tiger Pit: How a Journalist’s Family Story Pushed Her to Report on a Failed Mental Health System

by Meg Kissinger September 19, 2023September 19, 2023 Why you can trust MindSite News

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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