Lynn Arditi
ContributorLynn Arditi is a freelance health reporter based in Rhode Island.
She previously worked for The Public’s Radio as a health reporter in 2017 after more than three decades as a journalist, including 28 years at The Providence Journal. Her series “A 911 Emergency,” a project of the 2019 ProPublica Local Reporting Network, won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award in the radio/podcast category in 2020.
A native of New York City, she graduated from Oberlin College and landed her first journalism job at The Center for Investigative Reporting (now known as Reveal) in Washington, D.C., where she did story development for 60 Minutes. When the T.V. market imploded in 1987, the D.C. office of CIR closed and within a year she moved to Massachusetts to take a reporting job at the former Holyoke Transcript-Telegram, a small daily newspaper.
A year later, she moved to Providence, R.I. to work at The Providence Journal. There, she worked for several years as a bureau reporter covering schools and local issues, before she began covering statewide beats including higher education, the economy, housing and health care. During those years, she also honed her skills in narrative journalism and served as chairwoman of the newspaper’s writing committee. Her work has been recognized by New England Associated Press News Executives Association and the Society of American Business Editors & Writers.
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State officials blame the decline on federal policy changes driving up health insurance premiums -
'I don't have an additional $900 lying around in my family budget to pay for this' -
Pharmacists will now be allowed to give the updated vaccines to anyone 3 years or older -
Here’s what to know about vaccine eligibility, state policy, and whether insurance will cover the shots -
Finding stable housing for seniors is now part of a health plan -
The strike that began May 15 forced the Providence psychiatric hospital to close roughly half its beds -
If approved, the deal would end a three-month strike at the psychiatric hospital that has forced the hospital to close nearly 100 beds
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The two sides are scheduled to resume talks with a federal mediator on Wednesday -
Despite the closure of roughly 70 beds, Butler Hospital president and chief operating officer Mary Marran says her facility continues to provide quality psychiatric services to its patients
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Mack Blackie spent over a month jailed for a crime he didn’t commit; federal civil rights suit alleged Woonsocket police violated his constitutional rights with false statements and no photo ID lineup
