Michelle Faust Raghavan collaborates with West Coast newsrooms interested in solutions journalism. She spent eights years reporting on policy issues and hosting for public media stations across the country. Most recently, Michelle covered health care policy at 89.3 KPCC Southern California Public Radio. Before that, she was an education policy reporter at WCPN/WVIZ in Cleveland. She reported on health at WXXI in Rochester, New York as part of the regional journalism collaborative Side Effects Public Media. Michelle’s broadcast career launched at KAWC in Yuma, Arizona where she hosted Morning Edition. Michelle is passionate about mentorship and is actively involved with NPR’s Next Generation Radio project. Michelle Faust Raghavan was a 2018 Center for Health Journalism Data Fellow and produced a project on elder abuse.

eam in Cleveland.

Her stories have been recognized by the New York State Associated Press Association and won regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for innovation and breaking news.

A lover of languages, Faust Raghavan was a full-time Spanish professor in a previous career.