Maggie Clark

Washington, D.C.

I'm a data-driven storyteller working at the intersection of people and policy. I'm an expert in finding fresh angles to every story.

Maggie Clark

Washington, D.C.

I'm a data-driven storyteller working at the intersection of people and policy. I'm an expert in finding fresh angles to every story.

Part 7: In Texas' about-face, an example for Florida
Less than 10 years ago, Texas’ Medicaid dental program looked a lot like Florida’s today. One in two kids never saw a dentist. And when they did, they had decay so severe that they often had to have their teeth pulled in the operating room.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Part 9: Medicaid transition causes hardship
These children weren’t cured of their blindness, paralysis or inability to breathe on their own. Their care was outsourced to for-profit, publicly traded health insurance companies that make health care decisions with an eye toward the bottom line.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
News Analysis Daily
Part 8: In Florida, local coaltiion fights back against dental disease
In Manatee County, the lack of dental care was creating a crisis for children — and the chief witnesses were school nurses. “We’re the ones who see the kids crying in the clinic,” said Sue Troxler, health services specialist for the Manatee County School Board. “They have dental pain, abscesses, they can’t eat and drink and they certainly can’t learn.”
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
News Analysis
Part 6: Shattered Smiles
Keriana Carll cries in pain almost every day. Her mouth hurts. She doesn’t eat much. The Bradenton 4-year-old who loves to blow bubbles has such severe dental disease that she had to get her front tooth pulled.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
News
State doctors to be surveyed
Nearly 70 percent of pediatricians surveyed said that they had seen an increase in the number of patients who have been reassigned to a different insurance company or pediatrician without the parent’s knowledge.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
News
Florida's inaccurate health plan directories frustrate parents and dentists
Based on the Herald-Tribune’s survey, no health plan had enough dentists correctly listed to meet the state’s network adequacy requirements of one dentist for every 1,500 children enrolled.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
News
Part 5: Sound at stake
A hearing clinic trying to balance financial reality with needs of children on Medicaid reaches out for community support.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Series News
Medicaid settlement: Florida will work harder to ensure health care for children
In a sweeping agreement Tuesday, pediatricians, pediatric dentists and parents reached a settlement with Florida’s Medicaid agencies, ending a 10-year legal battle over adequate care for children enrolled in the joint federal and state health program.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
News
Part 3: An impossible choice
On a Friday afternoon, two teenage parents walk into the waiting room at the Sarasota Children’s Clinic and sign in their baby, just 3 days old.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Series News
Part 1: 2 million kids. $24 billion battle.
Before he nearly starved to death, Malik Staton was a goofy, charming 12-year-old with an infectious smile, good grades and the kind of potential that teachers get excited about.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
News Series
Part 2: A double-edged sword
Jennifer tried to calm herself as she balanced her 2-year-old son on her hip and walked toward her car in the parking lot of the doctor’s office.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
The Journey
Take an interactive, data-driven journey through the life of a Medicaid-enrolled child.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Report: Venice hospital sewage leak threatened patient safety
Venice Regional Bayfront Health failed to keep patients safe in responding to a large sewage leak at the hospital, according to a report from the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration, the state’s hospital regulator.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Florida’s Medicaid meltdown deserves a deeper look
Parents of children enrolled in Florida’s Medicaid system were so fed up that they sued the state for denying care. Read more of my project pitch by clicking the photo above.
USC Center for Health Journalism
Sarasota County health clinic faces change
Every day in Sarasota County, hundreds of people visit three local county-run health clinics for earaches, diabetes care, mental health counseling and other basic health care.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
2 Million Kids' series spurs support and quest for more data
Maggie Clark reported this story with the support of the Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism and the National Health Journalism Fellowship, programs of USC Annenberg’s Center for Health Journalism.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune

About

Maggie Clark

I'm an award-winning journalist with more than 15 years working at the intersection of storytelling, policy analysis, maternal and child health, and public service journalism. I'm also the founder and principal of MGDC Partners, LLC.

My diverse career has put me in the role of both a reporter and a source. My journalism work has appeared in local and national news outlets, including USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and NPR News. I've been quoted in my role at program director for maternal health at the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families in NPR, NBC News, CNN, KFF Health News and dozens of regional and local publications.

I earned my master's in journalism from the University of Maryland and my bachelor's degree from Florida State University. I live in Washington, D.C. with my husband and child.