Lauren Bavis
Lauren a reporter and editor based at WFYI in Indianapolis. She maintains Side Effects' website, social media accounts (which you can follow on Facebook and Twitter) and newsletter (which you should sign up to get weekly). Lauren graduated from Towson University and moved to Indiana in 2012, where she began her career as a newspaper reporter. She reported on health and social services for the Bloomington Herald-Times. Her work has been recognized by the Indiana chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists and Associated Press Media Editors, as well as the Hoosier State Press Association.
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When they run into burning buildings, firefighters get exposed to carcinogens. In many states, laws were passed to protect them if they get cancer. But firefighters often get denied benefits anyway. -
In 2018, Side Effects covered community struggles with public health crises, barriers to treatment and clever workarounds to get vulnerable people the...
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The Indiana Repertory Theatre has performed “A Christmas Carol” for almost 30 years. But this year’s final performance starts a little differently. -
Side Effects Public Media reporters will produce Season Two of The Workaround podcast with help from the Massachusetts-based media company PRX. The... -
Health care was a big campaign issue across the Midwest, and Tuesday's election results were mixed. Among the winners: medical marijuana. -
Across the Midwest, health care has emerged as one of the year’s biggest campaign flash points — in races from U.S. Senate to state attorney general. -
Indiana suspended a Medicaid policy that locked participants out of coverage for failing to confirm their eligibility for health care with the state.... -
The eighth graders who dashed around the classroom sounded like parrots in a pet store. The students asked each other the same question over and over. -
Steve Dillman thinks he can trace his prostate cancer back to August 1, 1985. -
Blood has a distinct, coppery scent. If that's what Brandon Dreiman smelled when he stepped off the fire truck, he knew his job wasn’t going to be easy.
