 |
| AI-assisted visual |
I am a seasoned digital editorial manager, health journalist, and communications strategist with more than two decades of experience working across community news, legal, consumer health, and niche advocacy sectors.
My career has focused on strong journalistic standards, audience engagement, and creating and managing content from start to finish.
Media & Journalism Background
A newspaper journalist at heart, I spent my early career in print and digital newsrooms. This ranged from local news at weeklies and daily papers, specialty niche monthly magazines, a statewide legal newspaper, and to digital publications with national and international audiences.
My foundation in community journalism, investigative reporting, beat coverage, and tight deadline management built a commitment to editorial accuracy, content integrity, and audience trust that guides all of my work today.
Health Content Leadership & Patient Advocacy
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1984, my personal connection to this chronic condition eventually merged with my professional journalism skills.
In the mid-2000s, I began writing extensively about the patient experience, contributing to early digital health communities and building a personal platform that elevated lived-experience storytelling. This work opened a decade-long chapter as managing editor at DiabetesMine, where I led daily editorial strategy through acquisitions by major digital publishers (Healthline Media and Red Ventures). In this role, I bridged the gap between complex medical coverage, regulatory innovation, and the human side of healthcare.
Throughout my career in digital health publishing, I have focused on:
- Translating Clinical Data: Transforming dense medical research into accessible, high-engagement content for diverse audiences.
- Shaping Content Strategy: Aligning clinical accuracy with search engine optimization, audience growth metrics, and editorial standards.
- Community-Centric Reporting: Championing patient advocacy and building interactive digital spaces where health communities feel heard and supported.
Operating Principles & Leadership Ideals
Based in Southeast Michigan after a decade in Central Indiana, my work is based on community journalism, ethical storytelling, and civic engagement. Whether I'm leading newsroom coverage, directing multi-platform content strategy, developing relationships with readers, or building digital media brands from the ground up, I focus on clarity, accuracy, and action-focused content and storytelling.
Guided by the foundational ideals of Sigma Pi Fraternity, I strive to bring these core principles into my daily editorial and strategy work:
- Advance Truth and Justice: Committing to uncompromising editorial integrity, factual accuracy, and ethical reporting across every channel.
- Promote Scholarship: Maintaining a commitment to continuous learning, adapting content operations to evolving media ecosystems, AI search trends, and digital workflow tools.
- Encourage Chivalry & Develop Character: Leading teams with empathy, mutual respect, and accountability, whether managing internal staff, collaborating with cross-functional partners, or engaging with readership communities.
- Diffuse Culture: Elevating diverse, authentic community voices and expanding public access to essential civic, legal, and health information.
Let’s Connect
Whether you are looking to scale a digital health publication, optimize complex editorial workflows, or develop targeted audience growth strategies, I am available for editorial freelance and contract roles, consulting, and full-time positions.
Direct Email: MHoskins2179@gmail.com