Anna Medaris
Health and Lifestyle Journalist at Freelance
Freelance health & lifestyle journalist. Seen in @WashingtonPost @cosmopolitan @thisisinsider @womenshealthmag. Novice triathlete, expert #beer enthusiast.
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1 week ago |
healthjournalism.org | Anna Medaris
From pitching into an apparent void to dealing with “scope creep” — or when an assignment involves a lot more than what was originally agreed upon, without added compensation — freelance writers deal with some particular challenges that staff journalists typically do not. Of course, all journalists face many of the same issues from time to time too, whether it’s managing burnout, combatting procrastination or disagreeing with an editor’s changes.
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2 weeks ago |
healthjournalism.org | Anna Medaris
When Chris Gayomali got laid off by Conde Nast in 2024, he started spending more time at the gym. “I was working out all of the time because I didn’t have anything else to do,” said Gayomali, who’d worked as an editor for GQ for nine years.
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2 weeks ago |
thecut.com | Anna Medaris
Photo-Illustration: The Cut; Photos: Getty CT scans are used to investigate all sorts of medical issues, from checking for brain bleeding after a kid takes a hard hit on the soccer field, to revealing what a bike accident did to a cyclist’s leg bones, to giving doctors a clearer picture of blood supply to certain tissues before some breast-reconstruction surgeries.
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4 weeks ago |
aarp.org | Anna Medaris
Jared Oriel Facebook Twitter LinkedIn If you think exercise is synonymous with barbells, sweat and the “cha-ching!” of another month’s gym payment being snatched from your wallet, think again. Not only can exercise encompass anything from gardening to pushing your grandkid on the swing, it can also be quite cheap — if not entirely free.
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1 month ago |
womenshealthmag.com | Anna Medaris
The year is 2045. Perhaps that makes you middle-aged, but people aren’t calling it that anymore. Maybe we’re measuring age internally—assessing your biological age based on the vitality of your cells, for example, not the number of candles on your birthday cake. Or we’re gauging age by healthspan (years feeling fully alive), not lifespan (years being alive).
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RT @IFJGlobal: #Journalism 💡: Tips for freelancers! Ever feel stuck pitching the same types of stories? Fellow journalists like @AnnaMedari…
Should you start a Substack as a #freelancewriter? I talked to former GQ editor Chris Gayomali about his experience for @AHCJ . One (of many) unexpected takeaways: "I really like that ... there’s a whole backend that is very reminiscent of 2015 Twitter." https://t.co/4ulcR7tlAu
For @NYMag, I talked to the @UCSF researcher behind a recent study projecting that CT scans -- which, among other uses, *detect* some cancers -- account for 5% of them too. Here's how she recommends digesting the findings: https://t.co/EDyrzlnKRd #cancer #freelancewriting
