Jillian Farmer
Jillian Farmer (2021) Jillian Farmer is an award-winning journalist and creative writer based on the southern Oregon coast. She works for New Project Media as a renewable energy reporter covering the West Coast and contributes to their interconnections podcast series “On the Air.” Throughout her nine years in journalism, she has worked in Utah, Colorado and Oregon. Many of her stories have been picked up by AP News and made large community impacts. Her work for The World Newspaper in Coos Bay, Oregon, repeatedly made international headlines under the byline Jillian Ward and led to collaboration on an episode of ABC’s “20/20.”
As a fellow, she will work alongside Cheryl Upshaw on the podcast ”50-Foot Woman.” This podcast chronicles Jillian’s experience living with acromegaly, a very rare pituitary disease, and navigating the U.S. healthcare system.