Award Winning Healthcare Journalism at MED
MED Editor Alex Strauss Recognized for Distinguished Service by SDAHO
Alex Strauss receives the SDAHO Distinguished Service Award for Healthcare Journalism from SDAHO President Tim Rave at the 2024 Fall Convention in Rapid City
MED's Executive Editor and co-founder, Alex Strauss, is this year's winner of the Distinguished Service Award for Healthcare Journalism from the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO). Alex accepted the award at this year's SDAHO Fall Convention in Rapid City.
Alex, who founded MED with Steffanie Holtrop, has been covering and promoting healthcare in the South Dakota region for more than 25 years. As a fledgling Sioux Falls TV reporter in the early 1990s, she launched her station's first regular healthcare segment and produced multiple award-winning broadcast pieces before pivoting to print journalism.
In 2000, Alex launched the first regional magazine for healthcare professionals in the upper Midwest, the precursor to what is now MED. and is now the co-CEO and Editor at MED (Midwest Medical Edition). MED provides healthcare industry news digitally and in print to more than 13,000 subscribers across five states.
Strauss has also written for national and international news outlets including Newslink, MSNBC, Cancer Monthly, NPR, the BBC, and the Guardian but is proudest of the work she has done to support the health of South Dakotans and the work of South Dakota healthcare professionals.
Strauss is the daughter of a pediatrician and holds an MA in Broadcast Journalism from American University.