Laura Moorhead

Laura Moorhead is an associate professor at San Francisco State University’s Journalism Department and a researcher with the ScholCommLab at Simon Fraser University. A former contributing editor at PBS/Frontline World and senior editor at Wired, she explores tensions between journalistic practices and ideals. She considers what narratives are elevated by journalists and how they report societal issues such as homelessness and access to health information and scientific research. She helps lead a Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) grant and working as a co-PI on the Narratives and Medical Education (NAME) project, an NIH-funded initiative aimed at supporting marginalized communities in gaining equitable health care. Laura also researches access to knowledge and is a council member of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. She holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University.