Stephanie Czekalinski
Deputy Editor - NewsExpertise: Health care, immigration, justice system, government, demographic change, social determinants of health, Cleveland history and culture
Education: Wittenberg University - Bachelor of Arts, English literature
Columbia University - TESOL certificate
The Citadel - Master of Arts, English literature
Favorite spot in Northeast Ohio: East 55th Street Marina
Experience:
Stephanie Czekalinski is Ideastream's Deputy Editor of News focusing on the Cleveland and northwestern portion of its 22-county region. Her work has appeared in the National Journal, Atlantic Media and the Columbus Dispatch.
Highlights:
- Member, Investigative Reporters and Editors
- Best health care reporting 2022, Ohio Society of Professional Journalists
- Best investigative reporting 2022, Ohio Associated Press Media Editors
- 2008 finalist for the Livingston Award for young journalists
- Winner of the 2008 New America Award, honoring public service journalism that explores and exposes an issue of importance to immigrant or ethnic communities currently living in the U.S.
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Summit County Public Health will host a drive-thru clinic to provide the COVID-19 bivalent vaccine on Tuesday, May 2.
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Public health officials in Summit County are investigating a single confirmed case of measles in an unvaccinated person, Summit County Public Health (SCPH) announced Wednesday. Vaccines are the best way to prevent the highly contagious disease, officials said.
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Cleveland's St. Vincent Charity Medical Center's emergency department closed in November of 2022. But since then, people have continued to show up looking for care.
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On Monday, Ohio Attorney General (AG) Dave Yost released an investigative report on the Jayland Walker case. The documents paint a picture of a young man in the throes of grief when he came in contact with police.
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A Summit County special grand jury has ruled there was not enough credible evidence to charge the any of the officers with a crime.
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The Cleveland-based biomedical business incubator Bioenterprise will be dissolved and taken over by Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Clinic, and University Hospitals.
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The MetroHealth System has suspended the extra bonus program at the center of a scandal that has rocked the county’s safety net hospital and resulted in the firing of its former CEO. The current CEO also assured the Cuyahoga County Council that taxpayer money is being spent properly.
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Cleveland Clinic researchers have found a cholesterol-lowering drug provides moderate protection against heart attacks and strokes among people who can't tolerate statins, according to a study published Saturday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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MetroHealth has released the findings of a third-party audit of its finances in the wake of the bonus scandal that has rocked Cuyahoga County's safety-net hospital since its CEO was fired in November.
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Ideastream Public Media journalists navigate distrust of the media while covering the East Palestine train derailment and environmental disaster. Here's how they hope to build trust.