Award-Winning Editors
Last Updated: Oct. 15, 2007
 

News happens. Great writing makes it memorable.

A force of more than 30 reporters and editors, many of them recipients of prestigious journalism awards, creates HealthDay News and the Physician's Briefing on a daily basis.

Barry Hoffman is Editor in Chief -- Barry has more than 40 years' experience in wire service, broadcast and newspaper journalism. Hoffman has held top editorial and general management positions with Gannett and Times Mirror and is past president of the New York State Associated Press Association. News staffs under Hoffman's direction have won more than 300 national and regional awards, including the national Headliner's Award for public service, the Associated Press Managing Editors' award for in-depth reporting, and The Society of Professional Journalists award for enterprise reporting.

Cynthia Haines is Managing Editor, Physician's Briefing -- Cindy has an M.D. from Saint Louis University School of Medicine and is also a family physician. In addition, she is president of a full-service medical communications and consulting firm, Haines Medical Communications, Inc. She has created and edited content as well as consulted for WebMD and the Gerson Lehrman Group, among other prominent companies throughout the country.

Jean Patman is Managing Editor -- Jean's extensive journalism experience includes directing Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage for Newsday when she was foreign editor. Before that, she was the newspaper's executive news editor. Later in her career Jean was features editor of the Los Angeles Times and oversaw the feature section's redesign. Her news career spans more than 25 years and includes editing positions at Gannett newspapers and the New York Post.

Jeff Walsh is Special Projects Editor -- Jeff has almost 25 years' journalism experience, most of them with the Gannett Company. He held a number of reporting and senior editing positions with the Gannett Westchester newspaper group in the northern suburbs of New York City.

Robin Foster is Senior Editor -- Robin has 20 years of experience in journalism, including editing stints at a Times-Mirror newspaper in Connecticut and a Times-Journal daily in Washington D.C. Before that, she was a reporter at The Orlando Sentinel. She has been with HealthDay since 2000, both as a reporter and an editor.

E.J. (Ernie) Mundell is Senior Assigning Editor -- Ernie's experience as a journalist began 10 years ago as a staff writer at Reuters Health, where he later became managing editor for the consumer health news division. His work has also appeared on MSNBC, in Gannett newspapers, The Scientist, and elsewhere. A graduate of McGill University, he worked in film and television production before making the switch to journalism.

Marc Cottone is News Editor -- Marc has 38 years of newspaper experience as a reporter and an award-winning editor with the Chicago Sun-Times, Gannett, Dow Jones/Ottaway and Newsday. A freelance writer as well, his articles have appeared in national magazines and newspapers. Marc lives on Long Island with his wife and his daughter.

Marianne Madeiros is Copy Editor -- Marianne has 20 years experience as a proofreader and copy editor. Her freelance projects have ranged from medical journals to magazines. While employed at Reuters Health, Marianne was introduced to the fast-paced world of Web-based news and has been working online ever since. Originally from New York, Marianne now lives in Massachusetts and happily works for HealthDay from her home in Quincy.

Scott Roberts is Senior Producer -- Scott began his journalism career with Gannett as a reporter in the New York City suburbs. He also worked in hospital public relations before he joined the burgeoning Prodigy Services Corp. as a senior editor in 1988. Scott quickly moved over to the technical side as senior producer. He joined HealthDay in 1999 in a similar capacity. Scott oversees all technical aspects of HealthDay's transmissions to its clients.