Elizabeth Shwe covers a range of health policy issues, including the status of asbestos victims, for Maryland Matters, a news nonprofit based in Takoma Park, Maryland, just outside of Washington, D.C., that focuses on politics and policy in the state. Shwe covered California state politics during her internship at The Sacramento Bee in 2019. She graduated from Princeton University with a political science degree in June 2020. During her time at Princeton, she was a producer for WPRB 103.3 FM News & Culture section, the station’s only long-form podcast-type program. She also wrote for The Daily Princetonian and tutored with the Petey Greene Program, which offers free tutoring to incarcerated people. She speaks Arabic and is a member of the Asian American Journalist Association and has studied in India and the United Kingdom.
Beat: Health policy, including status of asbestos victims
This beat is for diggers who like to do lots of research. It includes tracking asbestos legislation in the Maryland General Assembly and court cases about asbestos-related health problems. It also involves following ongoing health policy debates and services issues in Maryland, including a self-dealing scandal at the University of Maryland Medical System, a new prescription drug affordability board and Maryland’s attempt to answer the potential demise of Obamacare. A mix of breaking news and long-term projects.