Jackie Judd is a communications consultant working with nonprofit organizations in health care and human rights, with a career dedicated to translating complex issues for broad audiences. A veteran journalist, she reported for ABC News, CBS News, NPR, and the PBS NewsHour, covering health care reform, the AIDS epidemic, and disparities in women’s health, as well as major political and international events.
She spent a decade at the Kaiser Family Foundation, where she moderated national health care forums, produced documentaries on topics such as post-Katrina health care in New Orleans and Medicare’s 40th anniversary, and led multimedia efforts for Kaiser Health News. She also developed journalist training programs in regions of the world facing emerging AIDS epidemics.
Jackie remains active in national health care conversations. She currently serves on the journalism advisory committee of the Nova Institute for Health and formerly served on the Board of Visitors of the University of Wisconsin’s Initiative to End Alzheimers. She is the former chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation Board of Trustees. Jackie frequently moderated events for organizations such as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Camden Coalition, and the Aspen Ideas: Health festival.
Jackie’s journalism work earned her multiple honors, including national Emmys, an Edward R. Murrow Award, and a Dupont Award. She currently sits on the board of the Wisconsin Public Radio Association and the advisory board of U-W’s Center for Journalism Ethics.