Emily Baumgaertner

Emily Baumgaertner is an award-winning journalist specializing in medical investigations and public health reporting. She began her career as a Pulitzer Center grantee, reporting from the frontlines of the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa and the 2016 yellow fever outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with her work appearing in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and Scientific American. She joined the Los Angeles Times in 2019 as a national correspondent focusing on medical investigations, where her reporting on Juul's role in the teenage vaping crisis earned first place in the National Headliner Awards and made her a finalist for the Livingston Awards. During the COVID-19 pandemic, her coverage landed her on Forbes' 2021 30 Under 30 list. In 2022, she moved to The New York Times as a health reporter, continuing her focus on public health crises and medical investigations. She holds a Master of Public Health degree from George Washington University.