EP07: Nurses Representation in the Media

<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nurses Representation in the Media </span></em></p> <p><strong><em>“Nursing, as a profession, has been the most trusted profession by the American public for 18 years in a row.” </em></strong><strong>—  Melissa Batchelor  </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we talked about the representation of nurses in health news media. Historically, nursing has been underrepresented, but in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, we are speaking up and speaking out more than ever.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our guest for this episode is Diana J. Mason, PhD, RN, FAAN. Dr. Mason is the</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Senior Policy Service Professor at the Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement, The George Washington University School of Nursing, and</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Professor Emerita at Hunter College, where she held the Rudin Endowed Chair and founded the Center for Health, Media & Policy </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">She is a past President of the American Academy of Nursing, </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Former editor-in-chief of the</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">American Journal of Nursing</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">and has been the producer and moderator of a community radio program on health and health policy since 1985. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Mason has served as the only health professional on the National Advisory Committee for Kaiser Health News since its inception in 2009. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">She is the lead editor of the book, Policy and Politics in Nursing and Health Care (recently releasing the 8</span><span style= "fo