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Michelle Levander
Founding Director/Editor-in-Chief
USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism
About Michelle Levander
Michelle Levander is the founding director of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism and editor-in-chief of its online community. She launched the Center after more than 15 years as a staff reporter and editor working for Time Magazine Asia, the Asian Wall Street Journal and the San Jose Mercury News. She has received journalism awards from the Overseas Press Club of America, the Inter American Press Association, the Society of Professional Journalists L.A. as well as a Northern California Co-Producer Emmy Award. She has a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.