Highlights

• Associated Press award-winning journalist

• Health writer for major brands

• Former certified personal trainer

Experience

Jennifer M. Edwards is a St. Augustine, Florida-based health writer who relishes the challenge of making complex health information accessible and actionable. She has been a Healthline author for 5 years.

Her experience as an Associated Press (AP) award-winning journalist helps her dive deep into data, scholarly journals, government reports, and many other sources of information to find the things that directly impact people's lives and health. Edwards was a reporter and editor at five newspapers in Texas, New York, and Florida and collected awards from the AP, New York Newspaper Publishers Association, and the Society of American Travel Writers.

Her work appeared via AP in newspapers nationwide, including the International Herald Tribune, the international version of The New York Times, The Dallas Morning News, the Houston Chronicle, the Chicago Tribune, The Palm Beach Post, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and many others. 

She is also a travel guide author for Lonely Planet and co-wrote several guides for Fodor's Travel. But the most important journeys she takes are deep into information you can use to protect your health.

Education

Jennifer M. Edwards received a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a digital marketing science certificate from the University of North Florida. She is a graduate student at the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications. She attended several seminars as a journalist, including the Wake Forest School of Medicine Addiction Studies Workshop for Journalists. She is also a former personal trainer and health coach certified by the International Sports Sciences Association.