Lauren Bavis
Lauren Bavis is the digital editor for health and education at WFYI and Side Effects Public Media, a Midwest health reporting collaboration based at WFYI. She was previously an investigative reporter for Side Effects, and with Jake Harper co-hosted Sick, a podcast about what goes wrong in the places meant to keep us healthy. She joined WFYI in 2018, and was part of the Side Effects Public Media team named Indiana’s Journalists of the Year in 2019 by the Indiana Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. She graduated from Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland, and moved to Indiana in 2012. She previously reported on health and social services for the Bloomington Herald-Times.
Contact Lauren at lbavis@wfyi.org and follow her on Twitter @lauren_bavis
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Indiana lawmakers recognize that doulas can improve maternal outcomes. So, they passed new laws and dispensed millions of dollars in grants to expand access to doula services with no real progress. -
Indianapolis marked its 100th homicide of the year during a violent weekend where at least 18 people were shot, including three children. -
A shortage of affordable housing in Indianapolis and across Indiana has put homeownership out of reach for many Hoosiers. -
In 2022, Side Effects Public Medias reporters and collaborators exposed health inequities and followed the top health stories of the year. -
Side Effects Public Media will be hosting virtual listening sessions on substance use, addiction and recovery. -
This summer, members of WFYI's community engagement started conversations with one question: “Do you think your child is (or children are) getting what they need in school?” -
What librarians and other teachers can do to get kids interested in reading and literacy rates in Indiana back on track. -
Over the past two years, youth cigarette, alcohol and marijuana use hit some of their lowest rates in more than 30 years. But some who work in the recovery field remain concerned about the issue of youth substance use. -
To share what sex education looks like in Indiana and Texas, WFYI digital editor for health and education Lauren Bavis spoke with WFYI investigative education reporter Lee Gaines and KERA health reporter Elena Rivera. -
The job of a correctional officer is to keep people safe. But inside prisons across the U.S., allegations of sexual abuse are common. The latest national data shows nearly 6,000 reports of staff sexual misconduct in 2018.
