About Me

Welcome! I’m a freelance health and lifestyle journalist with more than a dozen years of experience writing features, narratives, explainers, profiles, research summaries, and news hits for national print and digital publications including the Washington Post, Insider, Cosmopolitan, Women’s Health, and US News & World Report.

I’m available for traditional journalism work, branded-content writing, media-placement coaching for PR professionals, copy editing, medical writing, college-essay support, expert commentary, and more.

I’m passionate about, and skilled in, telling sensitive human interest stories, be they about running-related bowel issuessuicidal thoughts among new moms, or convention-defying women.

I love writing just plain delightful stories, too! For some of my favorites, I’ve immersed myself in quirky trends and subcultures, including competitive pole dancing, cold-water swimming, White Claw, and (faulty, in my humble opinion) “biological age” tests.

From 2019 to 2023, I was a senior health reporter, then health correspondent, at Insider, where I led the publication’s reproductive health coverage, and served as the team’s go-to features and analysis writer.

Prior to that, I wrote news-you-can-use pieces on fitness, nutrition, sleep, wellness trends, parenting, relationships, mental health, and more for US News & World Report. I also managed and edited the Eat+Run blog.

I started my career writing for health trade publications, including at the American Psychological Association and George Washington University Medical Center.

I’m a nationally-recognized voice of reason, having appeared on the Today Show, Good Morning America, many local TV stations, and, in 2023, Hulu’s “Age of Influence.”

A champion for the field of journalism, I serve on the board of the Deadline Club and as a coach for the New York Writing Room. I’ve also held positions with the American News Women’s Club, the National Press Club, and the Association of Healthcare Journalists. 

I graduated Phi Beta Kappa and with high honors from the University of Michigan in 2009, where I studied psychology and gender & health. On the weekends from 2012-2014, I earned my master’s degree in interactive journalism from American University.

I now live with my husband in Brooklyn, where I can be found swimming at the YMCA, working from a local brewery, or walking our basset hound Lou Longbody.

Find me on Twitter, LinkedInInstagram, or Facebook. Or, email me at annamemi [at] gmail [dot] com.