Michelle Hogan, frequencies editor

Michelle Hogan got her start in journalism early. As an elementary school student, she co-edited the now defunct Narly News, a weekly publication based in her grandparents’ Glendale, N.Y. home with a tiny but doting circulation of parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles. Michelle and her younger cousin planned to buy Grandma a toaster or a Nintendo game system with the profits, which they secured in a miniature treasure chest. Over the years, Michelle continued to write and also developed an interest in science and medicine. She peppered her physician father with questions, often about her own symptoms when she was young, fitting the stereotype of doctor’s children as precocious hypochondriacs. A college internship at the pharmaceutical journal U.S. Pharmacist and an endocrinology course that focused heavily on writing showed her she could combine her two interests. Later she enrolled in graduate school at Boston University’s Knight Center for Science and Medical Journalism. In addition to U.S. Pharmacist, Michelle’s work has appeared in Newsday, where she interned last summer; the Worcester Telegram & Gazette; and student publications. A former part-time medical assistant, Michelle is particularly interested in health and how changes in the delivery of medical care affect patients. She has written about the quality of health care information on the Internet, prescription drugs going over the counter and how health-care financing affects community health centers. A graduate of Dartmouth College, Michelle lives in Boston and Long Island, N.Y.

in resonance:

The cyber-doctor will see you now
The internet has changed the way people manage their health - but not always for the better.
Ditching the doctor
The need for profits is pushing pharmaceutical companies into new strategies for prescription and over-the-counter drugs.
Watching IQ drop
Children exposed to violence have shown developmental delays, a reduction in IQ and even problems with brain development.

Contact Michelle at mmhogan@bu.edu