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Rob Waters

Rob Waters

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Editor and Writer, MindSite News

Oakland

Biography

Rob Waters is the founding editor of MIndSite News, a digital publication focused on mental health that launched in Sept. 2021. An award-winning journalist and travel writer, Waters has been writing about health, science, public health, criminal justice and world culture for more than 30 years. He write frequently for Health Affairs and has been a contributor to STAT, Kaiser Health News/California Healthline, Craftsmanship Quarterly, NEO.LIFE and other publications. He covered biotechnology for Bloomberg News, was a senior editor at WebMD, contributing editor to the Psychotherapy Networker and editor-in-chief of the Tenderloin Times, a four-language San Francisco community newspaper. His articles have appeared in the Washington Post, Mother Jones, the Atlantic, BusinessWeek, San Francisco magazine, Salon.com, Sierra, Columbia Journalism Review, and the Los Angeles Times, among others. He co-authored From Boys to Men, published in 2004 by Simon & Schuster. He is based in Oakland and is a member of the San Francisco Writer’s Grotto.

Final Covers

Mental health, Craftsmanship , Health , Travel , World Culture , Science, Urban Affairs, Craftsmanship , Health , Travel , World Culture , Science

Doesn’t Cover

Government, economics, travel, and politics.

Journalist Type

Seniority Positions

Industries

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Content

Total articles 192

  • Chaos at SAMHSA: Inside America's mental health agency

    By Art Levine, Rob Waters · MindSite News

    Mar. 14, 2025

  • A transformational approach

    By Ben Seal Verified, Rob Waters · MindSite News

    Feb. 27, 2025

  • Abortion bans erode trust between clients and their therapists

    By Gina Jimenez, Rob Waters · MindSite News

    Feb. 26, 2025

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Company Info

MindSite News

Oakland, California, United States

Founded: 2021