Alyssa Goldberg

Alyssa Goldberg is a passionate journalist, photographer and mental health advocate with experience in outreach, crisis intervention, non-profit programming, storytelling and health communications within the public health field and music industry. Her work utilizes educational and creative media to further health literacy, prevent suicide and combat medical gender bias. At Harvard Medical School, she completed an academic research paper and three-part reported feature series on medical gender bias and patient neglect using biosocial analysis and an arts-driven intervention, arguing for the use of journalism as a health intervention. After graduating with a master’s in Media, Medicine and Health, she joined USA TODAY in 2024 as a Wellness Reporter covering health policy, reproductive health, deepfake abuse, gender issues, AI safety, and mental health at the intersection of wellness and pop culture.