Lindsey Leake

Lindsey Leake is a health and wellness reporter on Fortune’s Well team covering medicine, public health, nutrition, fitness, and more. Before joining Fortune, she spent 14 years in print, broadcast, and digital journalism at outlets including the USA TODAY Network, WebMD, Sinclair Broadcast Group, and WJLA-TV. In 2023, Editor & Publisher Magazine named Lindsey among its 25 Under 35 “next generation of news media professionals.” The National Association of Science Writers recognized her article on the shortage of blood donors of color as a finalist in its 2022 Science in Society Journalism Awards. Lindsey is a two-time winner of the National Association of Black Journalists’ South Florida Diversity Award, and has received numerous other reporting accolades. Lindsey earned an M.A. in Science Writing from Johns Hopkins University, an M.A. in Journalism and Digital Storytelling from American University, and a B.A. from Princeton University. Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in its Virginia suburbs, she currently resides in Florida. Follow all of Lindsey’s stories here.

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