Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. She specializes in medicine and healthcare, exploring themes such as public health, wellness, and the healthcare system, while also addressing topics like aging, diet, and consumer health. Torie has been featured in notable publications including Slate Magazine, STAT News, and AdvaMed.
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Torie Bosch’s coverage suggests she’s most responsive to pitches that bring a thoughtful, evidence-based angle on unconventional health choices, patient decision-making, and tensions between personal beliefs and standard medical practice. She also appears open to reported features and Q&As that surface a compelling human story alongside a broader policy or ethics question.
Pitches about care delivery, hospital policies, and how health systems handle contested practices could fit well, especially when they connect individual cases to larger questions about costs, access, and patient autonomy. She also seems receptive to stories that explore longevity, wellness claims, and public debates around health ideas that attract strong reader interest.
Given her national U.S. focus, outreach should frame the relevance for American patients, providers, or institutions.
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