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Joanne Kenen serves as an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She joined the institution as the Commonwealth Fund's Inaugural Journalist in Residence in 2021 and has been actively contributing to the school's academic mission since then.
Ms. Kenen earned her BA from Harvard University in 1980. Her extensive career bridges journalism and public health, bringing real-world media experience to academic settings.
Her research focuses on critical public health topics including trust in healthcare systems, health disinformation, health equity, domestic violence, gun violence, social determinants of health, and healthcare system decarbonization. She is particularly interested in how the evolving economic and political landscape of the U.S. media affects public health discourse and outcomes. Ms. Kenen is co-authoring a book with colleagues from the Bloomberg School of Public Health on the relationship between media and American health.
Her work demonstrates significant trends in health policy communication, with particular emphasis on how health issues are framed in media and the implications for public understanding and policy development. Her articles often explore the intersection of emergency medicine, health policy, and media representation.
- Commonwealth Fund, Inaugural Journalist in Residence (2021-2023)
- Finalist, National Institute of Health Care Management journalism prize (2022)
- Voices of Leadership Fellow, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- ACEP Magazine Award for Slate Magazine article (2011)
- National Mental Health Association Magazine Award (2006)
- Inter-American Press Association Pedro Beltran Medal (1982)
As an experienced public health journalist who served as editor of Politico's health reporting team for a decade (covering the ACA implementation through the coronavirus pandemic), Ms. Kenen brings substantial practical experience to her academic role. She regularly contributes to major national publications including Politico, KFF Health News, Washington Post, Stat, and The Atlantic. She is also a regular contributor to KFF's 'What the Health' podcast and has conducted training for health journalists through the Association of Health Care Journalists and the USC Center for Health Journalism. Her career exemplifies the critical connection between media literacy and effective public health communication.
