Liz Seegert

Liz has spent more than 30 years reporting and writing about health and general news for print, digital, and broadcast media. Her primary beats currently include aging, boomers, women's health, social determinants of health and health policy. She is the health beat leader on aging for the Association of Health Care Journalists, gathering resources and guiding reporters who cover issues affecting older adults.

Some of Liz's many media credits include: Fortune.com, The Wirecutter, Harvard Public Health Magazine, TIME Health, PBS/NextAvenue.org, The American Journal of Nursing, Consumer Reports, and WebMD. Liz also devotes time to mentoring early-career journalists; she currently co-directs the Journalist-in-Aging program (a partnership between the Journalists Network on Generations and the Gerontological Society of American) and the Journalism & Women Symposium (JAWS) health journalism fellowship.

Liz holds a MA in social policy/healthcare concentration from SUNY Empire State and a BS in journalism from Boston University.