Diana Samuels

Editor for the @seattletimes Mental Health Project. Former @NOLAnews editor. In my free time, I ride horses and attempt to entertain my cats.

[ScrippsHowardAwards @SH_Awards]

Congratulations to @KUOW and @seattletimes for winning a Scripps Howard Journalism Award in Excellence in Audio Storytelling for “Lost Patients.” #SHJAwards https://t.co/2xB7f5btd9

[Esmy Jimenez @esmyjimenez]

Gahh!! Lost Patients is also a finalist for the #SHJAwards for Excellence in Audio Storytelling
https://t.co/MKRikwbMTX

[Diana Samuels @dzsamuels]

🎉🎉🎉🎉

[Esmy Jimenez @esmyjimenez]

Cant' believe I'm typing this but Lost Patients was nominated for a Peabody 🤭 https://t.co/O3GAuh2Tmq

[Cata Gaitán @catalinagaitan_]

✨ The Seattle Times is hiring! ✨ Join our (extremely fun and sweet) breaking news team as our new morning Metro Reporter. It's a great job in a great newsroom. Here's the link and let me know at [email protected] if you have any questions :) https://t.co/tiP4MxtuWV

[Michelle Baruchman @mlbaruchman]

The holidays can be a joyous but also difficult time.

REMINDER: HELP IS AVAILABLE.

☎️ Call 988 if you need mental health support or just someone to talk to.
Trained professionals will take your call for FREE, and no crisis is too small.

Sending ❤️ this holiday season

[Will James @otherwilljames]

Somehow, amid a sea of blood-soaked schlock, our deeply-reported podcast about the mental health system is one of the most downloaded new shows of 2024.

Really proud of the whole team behind Lost Patients for showing what podcasts can still achieve.
https://t.co/GJd1SdrTiG

[Kelcie Pegher @klcpegher]

Begging people asking for where the news is on any situation to google the local newspaper for the area.
@asheville is Asheville
@theobserver is Charlotte
@newsobserver is Raleigh
@knoxnews is Knoxville

Support local news

[Diana Samuels @dzsamuels]

@mlbaruchman They are the best little buddies!

[Scott Hadland, MD @DrScottHadland]

Our work was cited in @seattletimes in a tremendous piece sharing the devastating impact of the fentanyl crisis on teens. Every week, a classroom of teens dies from drug overdose across the US.

My thoughts on what's needed to address this crisis:
https://t.co/laboh69bVc

[Ken Armstrong @bykenarmstrong]

This is stunning. In Washington, only 11 youth detox beds exist *statewide.*

In this @seattletimes story, @HannahFurfaro tells the story of a teen named Maddy, for whom "access to buprenorphine wasn’t enough. Detox wasn’t available. Rehab came too late."
https://t.co/I9mreA44R0

[Diana Samuels @dzsamuels]

Thank you to Maddy and Sabrina for their trust & bravery in sharing their story, & to Hannah and everyone else who worked on this project for illuminating so much about how our care systems are failing kids. With intention & foresight, course correction is possible.

[Hannah Furfaro @HannahFurfaro]

Today, @seattletimes launched a new series called High Risk, which investigates government and medical system failures that have created a void in addiction treatment for young Washingtonians during a particularly deadly moment in the opioid crisis: https://t.co/6OsDfStBCE

[Michelle Baruchman @mlbaruchman]

The Biden administration today issued new rules to reinforce mental health parity laws.

My @seattletimes @stmentalhealth series explored
how people in Washington were falling through the gaps in coverage from their insurers.
https://t.co/AWl57NVXC7

https://t.co/Q9dPFf5WcM

[Diana Samuels @dzsamuels]

We all so enjoyed working w Kate this summer!! Congrats on a fantastic internship and have fun senior year!

[Kate Perez @katecperez_]

It’s my last day as the @seattletimes metro intern, so I wanted to make a quick thread of my favorite stories from the summer 🧵

First, I had the opportunity to review Twenty One Pilots at Climate Pledge Arena last night: https://t.co/KAkQnybXlU

[Apple Podcasts @ApplePodcasts]

Our Spotlight pick dives deep into the world of mental healthcare, with detailed investigative reporting, gripping storytelling, and captivating interviews with patients, families, and advocates.

From @KUOW, @SeattleTimes & @NPR, this is Lost Patients.

https://t.co/E9Rto0fNdb

[Diana Samuels @dzsamuels]

@esmyjimenez @ApplePodcasts I love it!

[Ken Armstrong @bykenarmstrong]

The @seattletimes has some cool job openings right now, in a great newsroom in a beautiful place.
https://t.co/QeuZdR2F1D

[Diana Samuels @dzsamuels]

@WilNobles I’m so, so sorry, Wil!! Hang in there

[Reveal @reveal]

Behind every person you see in psychosis on the streets, there is a story of institutional failure—a story that goes back at least half a century.

We partner with the podcast Lost Patients to find out why American psychiatric care breaks down. https://t.co/Gzv6t6PpZd