Expertise
Journalism with a focus on biologyEducation
E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio UniversityHighlights
Reporter and editor for 27 years for media outlets and healthcare systems
Proud Junior League and Rotary member
Understanding healthcare empowers people to make smart decisions so they can live well. That's why I love writing about it. I try to live personally and professionally by this quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson: ‘The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.’
— Andrea Tortora
Experience
Andrea Tortora has worked as a reporter and editor for 27 years for media outlets and healthcare systems in Cincinnati, Washington, D.C., and around the nation.
The first half of her career was spent as a boots-on-the-ground reporter and editor in Cincinnati, where she worked for a daily newspaper and a weekly business magazine. At the Cincinnati Enquirer, she served as a general assignment and education reporter. At the Cincinnati Business Courier, she was a healthcare reporter and then served as managing editor. During this time she also freelanced for TIME magazine.
For the past 11 years, Andrea has worked as a contributing writer and editor, providing content for health systems around the country. She previously served as an adjunct journalism professor at the University of Cincinnati (Ohio), teaching advanced reporting classes.
She believes in volunteering in her community of Peoria, Illinois, and her favorite nonprofits include the Junior League of Peoria, where she is the immediate past president and current social media chair. She also serves the Rotary Club of Peoria North, where she led the Literacy Committee and now works as the PR Committee chair. She is a grant reviewer for the Heart of Illinois United Way and volunteers for Peoria Public Schools, helping to lead fundraising efforts for her children's schools.
Education
Andrea received a Bachelor of Science in journalism from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University (with a minor in biology). She has attended numerous continuing education classes for reporters and editors at multiple universities, the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, and those sponsored by the Association of Health Care Journalists and the Society of Professional Journalists.
