I learn by living.

I’m a science journalist by training, and I currently live in Washington, D.C. I used to report for POLITICO, Quartz, and my work has appeared in the Atlantic, Nature Medicine, Nature Methods, and more.

Now, I work in tobacco control and reducing risks related to smoking. I spend a lot of my free time reading, running, and writing.

This newsletter features brief personal essays as I try to better understand the world and brief updates about what else has my attention. Appreciate your readership, friends.

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I’m an inquisitive, maximal enthusiast. By day, I use that identity to bring you health policy stories. In my free time, I write personal essays to better understand the world around me.

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Katherine Ellen Foley

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I'm Katherine or Foley -- whichever you prefer. I spend a lot of time reading, running, and thinking about empathy and community in the time...whatever this all is. Tell your cats I say "pspspsps."