Pauline Bartolone

Pauline Bartolone, Sacramento Correspondent for California Healthline, has been a radio and print journalist for 15 years, contributing frequently to NPR. Most recently, she covered the rollout of the Affordable Care Act for NPR’s Sacramento affiliate and delved into the complex world of pharmaceutical prices for CALmatters. She has won multiple regional Edward R. Murrow awards, national recognition from the Society of Professional Journalists and a first-place prize from the Association of Health Care Journalists. She freelanced throughout Latin America before and during her studies at the University of California, Berkeley’s School of Journalism, from which she earned a master’s degree in new media.