Judi Hasson is an independent writer for both web-based and print products. Her freelance work has appeared on MSN.com , America.gov, AARP Bulletin Today and other media outlets.
She has extensive contacts in government, health care and the technology industries .She is an expert on health care issues. Washingtonian Magazine named her one of the best health reporters in D.C. in 1995.
Her work is tight, fast and accurate. She’s experienced in taking complex subjects and turning them into easily understood ones without losing the meaning.
Freelance writer, editor.
Editor of two blogs for Fierce Markets; FierceCIO.com for private sector IT executives and FierceGovernnmentIT.com for public sector IT execs.
Editor at large at Federal Computer Week, a magazine that covers government technology. She wrote about the Department of Veterans Affairs and its health system, Congress, the startup of the Homeland Security Department, HHS, NIH, Agriculture, IT policy and management trends.
Received a grant from the PEW Trust's Internet and American Life Project and developed the report, "Dot-Gov Goes Retail" for FCW and PEW. It was the first study of the federal government's role in retail e-commerce and found that the government was making nearly $4 billion from online sales.
News editor at Congressional Quarterly where she supervised reporters covering issues on Capitol Hill
USA TODAY political reporter covering Bob Dole's presidential race and the 1996 presidential campaign.
USA TODAY health policy reporter covering the Clinton administration plan for universal health coverage.
USA TODAY reporter covering Congress and politics.
Barnard College, B.A. Urban Studies.
- Recognizing the growing importance of the Web, she has worked on collaborating and integrating print and Web-based information to form a seamless product.
- Vacationing in Kenya in 1982, she was caught in an attempted coup where more than 70 people were killed outside her Nairobi hotel. She spent the next two weeks covering the unrest for United Press International.