Tara Parker-Pope has been a
professional reporter and is one of the most popular journalists of The New
York Times for twenty years. She is a native Arizona, has graduated at
University of Texas and lived in different places such as Okinawa, Japan, Taiwan,
Texas and Ohio. Currently, she resides with her daughter and several pets in
Buck County, Pennsylvania.
Prior to be a reporter for the New
York Times, Tara was a health columnist for the Wall Street Journal and also a
correspondent in the paper’s London Bureau.
As experienced her childhood in various places and as a type of
exercise-lover, she desires to write daily health blog which has made a lot of
influences on people’s everyday decision in long term health and happiness. Tara
earned Second Century Award for Excellence in Heath Care from the Columbia
University of Nursing, as well as Meida Award from the North America Menopause
Society for her “Women’s Health Initiative” report.
As the author of the “Well” blog
for the New York Times, her blog is characterized as a best blog finalist at
the Online New Associations Journalism and the American Health Care journalist
Awards in 2009.
Besides working for the New York
Times, Parker-Pope is also a member of the Houston Chronicle and the Austin
American Statesman. A lot of her health
and wellness articles can be found in OMagazine, Reader’s Digest, More
Magazing, and Lady Home Journaland American Legion Magazine. Regularly, she has
appeared on Today Show, CNN, CBS Sunday morning, Dataline, Charlie Rose and
Good Morning America as a heath reporter.
Among many of her written books,
“For Better: How the Surprising Science of Happy Couples Can Heal Your Marriage
Success,” has been getting a lot of attention from readers because of its study
about marriage. In 2010, Parker-Pope won the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against
Defamation’s media award for the article “Kept From a Dying Partner’s Bedside”.
A few months later, President Obama cited this outstanding story as “influence
in his decision to issue new rule for hospitals in their treatment of same-sex
couples”(Tara Packer-Pope).
Furthermore, Tara got a News and
Documentary Emmy Award for new approaches in art, lifestyle and culture in
2013. Other journalists, in the USA and across the world cite”Parker-Pope as a
serious columnist and valuable point of reference on the social topics on which
she writes.”
References:
Tara Parker-Pope.(2014) Your Public Media. Retrieved from http://www.yourpublicmedia.org/content/profile/featured/tara-parker-pope
Tara Parker-Pope.(2013). Wikipedia. Retrieved from
Tara Parker-Pope. (2013).Well. Retrieved from http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/author/tara-parker-pope/page/3/
Thank you for your post! It is inspiring to see how many people who are not big names are still able to have a serious impact in their area of expertise. This is empowering for me because by no means to I expect to become famous for being an electrical engineer. Yet, I hope to accomplish important things that future generations will benefit from.
ReplyDeleteLikewise, I feel that Ms Parker Pope is one such person. Her name definitely does not ring a bell but reading her biography, I see how important of a person she is in the field of women's health. She has written books on a broad array of topics which are important to today's American woman from things like constructive relationships to hormone replacement therapy to smoking. Accordingly, her works are a good resource for women's health in general but also or community health because the central role that women play in it as well as specific issues relating to women's health. So she is remarkable in that she is able to have a broad and diverse area of expertise which is atyptical nowadays when most people are all about specialization.
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ReplyDeleteYen,
ReplyDeleteThe person you chose to talk about is very successful and I am surprised that a simple blogger could have amounted to such great accomplishments! Getting the president’s attention is definitely something to be proud of and I cannot believe all of the works she has made. It is always great to see scholars being recognized for helping others and making a difference in the population’s health. I look forward to reading her publications about long-term health and happiness. Great blog post!
Hello,
ReplyDeleteYour chosen scholar is so diverse! She has been in major publications as well as written her own books! This is a clear example of scholarly work because she has not limited herself to one area. I can't imagine what her daily schedule looks like or how she can even find time to do everything. I found it interesting how her books were more about her softer side like relationships. She was also recognized by such an important figure, our president. She is clearly taking the world by storm. I will be on the look out for her name in the New York Times.
Hi Yen,
ReplyDeleteTara Parker-Pope seems to be a very influential, talented, and successful person in health-related field. I wish you could tell us more about her works that are related to breast cancer. You mentioned that Tara has a blog that influence many people on their health decision, I wish you could also show some specific examples of her blog topics and how has it actually influence others. Thank you for posting Tara's biography and her achievements so that I could look for her name when she appeared on TV, books, and newspapers in the future.
Yen,
ReplyDeleteWhat a coincidence, I am from Bucks County, PA! Tara Packer-Pope is truly inspiring. She sounds like an impressive and busy person. It’s great to see that a journalist can have a such a positive impact on people’s health. She even influenced the president to change the rules in hospitals. That’s impressive! You did a great job writing about her accomplishments on your post.
Yen,
ReplyDeleteThank you for writing about Ms. Packer-Pope as I was not aware of her beforehand although it appears she is very successful. I also found the specific topics that she has written on to be interesting and something I would want to read. I would be interested to learn more about her background and where she got the ability and experience to write on such topics.