Lauren Silverman
Reporter/HostLauren Silverman is the Health, Science & Technology reporter/blogger at 四虎影院. She is also the primary backup host for 四虎影院鈥檚 Think and the statewide newsmagazine Texas Standard. In 2016, Lauren was recognized as Texas Health Journalist of the Year by the Texas Medical Association. She was part of the Peabody Award-winning team that covered Ebola for NPR in 2014. She also hosted "Surviving Ebola," a special that won Best Long Documentary honors from the Public Radio News Directors Inc. (PRNDI). And she's won a number of regional awards, including an honorable mention for Edward R. Murrow award (for her project 鈥淭he Broken Hip鈥�), as well as the Texas Veterans Commission鈥檚 Excellence in Media Awards in the radio category.
Before joining 四虎影院, Lauren worked at NPR鈥檚 weekend All Things Considered in Washington, D.C. There, she produced national stories on everything from the politics of climate change to the future of online education. While at All Things Considered, Lauren also produced a piece on neighborhood farms in Compton, Calif., that won a National Association of Black Journalism鈥檚 Salute to Excellence Award.
As a freelance reporter, Lauren has written and recorded stories in English and Spanish for a variety of news outlets, including NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Here & Now; American Public Media鈥檚 Marketplace; Sound Medicine and Latino USA.
-
Former President George H.W. Bush died Friday night. He was 94. The nation鈥檚 41st president helped build the Republican Party in Texas.When Bush landed in鈥� -
Breaking up is hard to do, and spy tools are making it even harder. According to family lawyers, scorned spouses are increasingly turning to GPS trackers and cheap spyware apps to watch an ex. -
This year was full of breakthroughs in health, science and technology. Telemedicine made its mark in Dallas, "baby boxes" became a thing, and researchers鈥� -
What do a medicinal face mask, a vehicle parking system and a pet toy squirrel have in common? They were all created and recently patented by inventors in鈥� -
Five stories that have North Texas talking: Cite and release program begins in Dallas; Tillerson could be replaced; English is no longer the official鈥� -
The wet wipes industry is blossoming. But with the growth comes a problem: clogged drains. Now the fight over "flushability" is heading to court.
-
Trying to keep up with medical terminology and acronyms during a doctor鈥檚 visit can be tricky for anyone. Imagine if you and your doctor didn鈥檛 speak the鈥� -
Medical school students today are trained to diagnose complicated diseases, they鈥檙e rarely trained to engineer the solutions themselves. Soon, Texas A&M鈥� -
When Dallas doctor Don Read enrolled in medical school at the UT Medical Branch at Galveston in 1964, he had to pay more than other students because he鈥� -
It鈥檚 the second week of open enrollment for health care on the federal marketplace.While people across North Texas are deciding which plans to sign up鈥� -
Starting Wednesday, Texans can enroll in health care coverage for 2018 on healthcare.gov through Dec. 15.This is the fifth year the federal marketplace is鈥� -
In the last decade, a multibillion-dollar industry has emerged - and much of its products end up in our toilets. We鈥檙e talking about the wet wipes鈥�
