Voices

I started at GreatNews.life in June. I was stepping back into a full-time job after a previous experience in an abusive workplace. Going into work my first week, (I was asked to come in the middle of the week) I was initially very nervous in terms of...

I am not much of a writer, but I wanted to step out of my comfort zone a little bit and give it a go. Since I have only been here for a little over 4 months now, the thing that has impacted me the most in that time is the people I work with. With...

To welcome in the new year and celebrate the stories I have been able to share since I started working here at GreatNews.Life, I decided to compile a list of my favorite interactions, stories, and overall experiences on the job. Here is a look back...

I joined the team at GreatNews.Life in October of 2020. My dream ever since I was a kid was to be a writer. I wanted to tell stories of those whose stories weren’t being told. I am a lifelong Region Rat. I grew up in Chesterton, went to the big...

For me, a highlight of 2020 has been chairing the Indiana Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission. The commission was created to commemorate and celebrate the 100th anniversary of Indiana's ratification of the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed that the...

Governor Eric J. Holcomb today announced his 2021 Next Level Agenda, which is focused on safely navigating out of the pandemic and emerging as a stronger Indiana. “The 2021 Next Level Agenda is focused on making sure Indiana remains a state of...

Leadership can be challenging. Responsibilities can take you away from your true north. Changes happen which can make you feel like a fish out of water. Failure happens and you have to determine what to do with that. Sometimes...

The fun part of business is that rarely do you find someone who comes to work with ill intent or a work process that was put in place to cause problems. The intention is almost always to do good, it’s just that sometimes the “how” isn’t the...

This week, Indiana received approval to continue its successful alternative to the traditional Medicaid expansion program, the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP), for 10 more years, allowing the state to continue providing medical coverage for over...

On my desk, at the corporate office for the health system I work for as well as in my office at home, I have a small scrap of paper taped down. All it says is ‘pride,’ with a circle around it and a line through it.  Like ghostbusters, I...