Steph Whiteside
Reporter - Health+HarvestSteph is new to the midwest. Originally from North Carolina, Steph has previously lived in Washington DC and Northern California, where she reported on a wide variety of issues including health, politics, and women’s issues. She also has a background in social media and audience engagement.
She previously worked for AJ+ and Current TV.
Steph reports on health and environment out of WSIU in Carbondale as part of the Illinois Newsroom regional journalism collaborative.
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While COVID may not be top of mind for people anymore, the pandemic isn't over. And for many people who have had COVID, neither is their illness. -
Families with loved ones in congregate care facilities are hoping to spend the holidays together, but many facilities face continuing lockdowns for a variety of unique reasons.
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The multidisciplinary site will treat long haulers. -
The group is applying for funding for the program. -
The bill would change how non-emergency transfers are reimbursed for Medicaid patients. -
In late March, a child welfare worker visited the family home of 9-year-old Byron Casanova in Johnston City, Illinois. The social worker expressed… -
WSIU and Illinois Newsroom reported this story as part of a weeklong series from public radio stations around the state focusing on the potential impact... -
In the course of reporting my previous story on the gap between wages and the cost of housing, I spent time following a case manager with the Southern... -
An estimated 10,643 people in Illinois are homeless according to federal data. Many of those are working - but still can’t make ends meet. For the... -
Dr. Don Arnold’s home office overflows with medical textbooks, old anatomical prints and six pages of a recommendation letter from his first application...
