The personal toll of medical debt

Diagnosis: Debt, a collaborative project between NPR and KFF Health News, followed the scale and impact of medical debt in the U.S. As a creative director on the project, I worked with KFF visual editors and a developer on a unique visual interactive that led with the personal stories of those confronted with medical billing issues. Clicking on each tile takes the reader to that person’s account. Having strong photographs and moving portraits meant that the reporting could easily migrate to audiences on Instagram. The stories and visual grid updated three times over the course of the year-long coverage on medical debt.

The project was recognized with a Digital Media award by NIHCM (National Institute for Health Care Management) and by a Gerald Loeb award in consumer reporting in 2023.

See the full interactive on NPR.org here.