Ryan Blitstein < Back to Writers
Ryan Blitstein is a freelance journalist based in Chicago and a Miller-McCune contributing editor. As a staff writer at the San Jose Mercury News, SF Weekly and Red Herring, he covered everything from spray-can artists in San Francisco to homeland security start-ups in Tel Aviv. His writing has also appeared in the New York Observer, the New York Daily News and The Seattle Times.
He holds degrees from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Stanford University.
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Raising Awareness About a Silent Killer
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Thinking Ahead: Let's Favor Long Term Over Short Run
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Doctor: Vets Need More Basic Training
A Veterans Administration psychiatrist and researcher offers a revamped model for treatment of returning soldiers that looks to training and education as much as therapy and pills.