Trudy Lieberman, a journalist for more than 30 years, is director of the Center for Consumer Health Choices at Consumers Union. She continues to write about health policy for Consumer Reports, is a contributing editor to the Columbia Journalism Review and a contributor to The Nation. She has won numerous awards and honors including two National Magazine Awards, ten National Press Club Awards, a Fulbright Fellowship to study health care in Japan and a John J. McCloy Fellowship to study health care in Germany. She teaches media ethics as an adjunct professor at New York University. She is a graduate of the University of Nebraska and holds a certificate in economics and business journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where she was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow in 1976–77. Lieberman will examine how the media contribute to waste and harm in health care.
Trudy Lieberman: Why The Coming Cuts to Teamster Pensions Deserve More National News Coverage
February 22, 2016 — Trudy Lieberman, spring 2001 fellow and press critic for Columbia Journalism Review, writes about the legislation that paved the way for pension cuts, and provides suggestions for covering such stories on a national level. Read more.