She was a freelance health columnist for The Washington Post, and a staff Washington correspondent for Modern Healthcare, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and The (Toledo, Ohio) Blade. She worked for American City Business Journals in San Jose, Calif., and Charlotte, N.C., before joining daily newspapers in Ohio. She has written for many publications, including The Washingtonian, and helped to launch several newsletters for Atlantic Information Services, Inc. She received the American Podiatric Medical Association's national journalism award, and a first-place award in investigative journalism from the Associated Press Society of Ohio.