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Rob Waters

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Journalist writing on health, mental health, science, public health. Founding editor, @MindSiteNews. This account has been archived, I will no longer post here.

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Rob Waters is the founding editor of MIndSite News, a digital publication focused on mental health that launched in Sept. 2021. An award-winning journalist and travel writer, Waters has been writing about health, science, public health, criminal justice and world culture for more than 30 years. He write frequently for Health Affairs and has been a contributor to STAT, Kaiser Health News/California Healthline, Craftsmanship Quarterly, NEO.LIFE and other publications. He covered biotechnology for…

Rob Waters’s Journalist Portfolio

Enlisting Mental Health Workers, Not Cops, In Mobile Crisis Response - MindSite News

Enlisting Mental Health Workers, Not Cops, In Mobile Crisis Response - MindSite News

CAHOOTS, a thirty-year-old Oregon program, has reduced calls to police and saved money. Now it's going nation…

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The Old Asylum Is Gone: Today A Mental Health System Serves All (For Now) - MindSite News

The Old Asylum Is Gone: Today A Mental Health System Serves All (For Now) - MindSite News

In Trieste, Italy, local leaders have transformed how mental health care is provided. Other cities have taken…

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After Prison, Healthy Lives Built On Access To Care And Community

After Prison, Healthy Lives Built On Access To Care And Community

A North Carolina program helps recently released inmates connect to health care, social services, and support.

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On the Art of Dying Well - California Health Care Foundation

On the Art of Dying Well - California Health Care Foundation

When I was getting ready to visit my father for what turned out be the final time, I reached out to my friend…

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No Place Left to Go: Business Districts Keep Homeless Populations on the Move

No Place Left to Go: Business Districts Keep Homeless Populations on the Move

An in-depth look at the growing influence of Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in cities across the count…

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The Coca-Cola Network: Soda Giant Mines Connections With Officials And Scientists To Wield Influe...

The Coca-Cola Network: Soda Giant Mines Connections With Officials And Scientists To Wield Influe...

Three studies. Three topics. All funded by The Coca-Cola Company and its allies. All come to conclusions favo…

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Trump Order Fast-Tracks Psychedelic Testing, Bypassing Regulators to Control Science from White House

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By Rob Waters
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Trump Order Fast-Tracks Psychedelic Testing, Bypassing Regulators to Control Science from White House To get a good sense of how policy gets made these days in Washington, look no further than Saturday’s signing event at the White House. The bottom line: Damn the clinical trials. Full speed ahead. With Joe Rogan standing behind him, President Trump signs an executive order on psychedelics. Credit: C-SPAN “Sounds great. Do you want FDA approval?
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Smartphones Are Making Us Dumber and More Anxious

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By Rob Waters
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Greetings, MindSite News readers. Usually, I just help get out our MindSite News Daily with a little editing, but today I’m filling in to write it. And let me tell you, editing is a lot easier! So hats off to Courtney and Diana who write this newsletter on a regular basis. In today’s edition, we hear from a computer science professor who wants both adults and kids to step away from nonstop screen-scrolling and allow our brains to recover and think deeply – before we lose the ability to do so.
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As Millions Protest, Marchers Raise Mental Health – Their Own and Trump’s – with Biting Humor

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By Rob Waters
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Rob Waters, the founding editor of MindSite News, is an award-winning health and mental health journalist. He was a contributing writer to Health Affairs and has worked as a staff reporter or editor at Bloomberg News, Time Inc. Health and Psychotherapy Networker. His articles have appeared in the Washington Post, Kaiser Health News, STAT, the Atlantic.com, Mother Jones and many other outlets. He was a 2005 fellow with the Carter Center for Mental Health Journalism.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Editor of the Tenderloin Times -- I was 24.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, I even published a newspaper using typewritten copy.

How is social media changing news?

Makes it easier to find sources and disseminate stories -- and a lot harder to be break through all the noise.