About Kelsey Ryan
Kelsey Ryan is AHCJ's executive director. Previously, she was founder and publisher of The Beacon, a nonprofit news network with newsrooms in Kansas City and Wichita. Before that, Ryan worked at The Kansas City Star as a data and investigative reporter, and was on the investigative team that was a finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Public Service. She began her journalism career at The Joplin (Mo.) Globe a day after an EF-5 tornado destroyed one-third of the city, and later worked at The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle, covering health care and later city government and investigations. kelsey@healthjournalism.org
The Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) and its sister organization, the Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism, today announced that it will end its relationship with the University of Missouri School of Journalism (MU) as of June 1.
The decision comes after a careful review of AHCJ’s operations, budget and the changes in how staff work as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Kelsey Ryan is AHCJ's executive director. Previously, she was founder and publisher of The Beacon, a nonprofit news network with newsrooms in Kansas City and Wichita. Before that, Ryan worked at The Kansas City Star as a data and investigative reporter, and was on the investigative team that was a finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Public Service. She began her journalism career at The Joplin (Mo.) Globe a day after an EF-5 tornado destroyed one-third of the city, and later worked at The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle, covering health care and later city government and investigations. kelsey@healthjournalism.org
Now in its 19th year, the Association of Health Care Journalists’ annual Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism is a professional and public affirmation of the importance of health care as a beat. To select the most powerful, poignant and effective stories from all the submissions requires significant time, dedication and care. For that, we thank the dozens of volunteer judges who make it all possible. 
