
Robert Joiner
Health ReporterRobert Joiner has carved a niche in providing informed reporting about a range of medical issues. He won a Dennis A. Hunt Journalism Award for the Beacon’s "Worlds Apart" series on health-care disparities. His journalism experience includes working at the St. Louis American and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, where he was a beat reporter, wire editor, editorial writer, columnist, and member of the Washington bureau.
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 27, 2013: Remarkable as it might seem, language in newspaper help wanted ads 50 years ago used…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 25, 2013 - Michael Jordan probably had no idea of the trouble he was causing 7th graders who…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 25, 2013 - Health policy analysts differ sharply on the conclusions of Wednesday's federal…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: Health policy analysts differ sharply on the conclusions of Wednesday's federal report, which says…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 20, 2013 - Missouri could lose $8 billion in federal funding during the first six years of…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 19, 2013 - An uninsured parent of two children would have to bring home less than $9.59 a day…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 16, 2013: Missouri consumers wanting to know who will sell them insurance and at what cost…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: With years of experience as a nurse and a nurse practitioner specializing in women’s health, Linda…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 9, 2013 - With years of experience as a nurse and a nurse practitioner specializing in women’s…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: The reduction of health programs at ConnectCare will go beyond important specialty medical services…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 3, 2013 - The reduction of health programs at ConnectCare will go beyond important specialty…
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This article originally appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 30, 2013: About two dozen people, some from as far away as New York, California and North…