Mariann Martin covers healthcare in Chattanooga and the surrounding region.
She joined the Times Free Press in February 2011, after covering crime and courts for the Jackson (Tenn.) Sun for two years.
Mariann was born in Indiana, but grew up in Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Belize. She graduated from Union University in 2005 with degrees in English and history and has master’s degrees in international relations and history from the University of Toronto.
While attending Union, Mariann served as editor for The Torch, a literary arts magazine that won two silver medals from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association during her tenure.
After graduation, Mariann worked in business and private communications before taking her first job as a reporter in 2008 — a career choice that has changed her life.
She has won several awards, including first place in daily deadline and business reporting from the Tennessee Associated Press Managing Editors contest, second place in features from the Tennessee Associated Press Managing Editors contest,first and second place in best spot news coverage from the Tennessee Press Association, third place in best news reporting from the Tennessee Press Association, and third place in best beat reporting from Best of Gannett.
Mariann enjoys hiking, camping, weekend backpacking trips, gardening and running. She also reads (real) books in coffee shops, dawdles on Facebook, cooks and is addicted to food blogs.
Contact Mariann at mmartin@timesfreepress.com or at 706-980-5824.
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Tennessee ranks third lowest nationally in placing children in the foster system with other family members, with only 8 percent of foster children placed with a relative, according to a national report released Wednesday.
The two public hospitals in the Chattanooga area have lost more than $33.5 million since July 1, with both reporting additional losses this week.
In the last 10 years, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama have made huge strides in how many low-income children receive dental services
Erlanger Health System had its second-best month in eight months in April and may break even in May, after nearly a year of dismal reports, officials said Monday evening.
Erlanger Health System had its second-best month in eight months in April and may break even in May, after nearly a year of dismal reports, officials said Monday evening.
Tennessee's dental health can be measured in so many ways:
The business community "let down" the school system and "disappointed" school board members by not adequately funding a science, technology, engineering and math school in Hamilton County, board members said Thursday evening during their monthly meeting.
About 190 Memorial Health Care System employees will begin working for Conifer Health Solutions as part of a 10-year agreement for Conifer to take over billing and collection services at the hospital.
With the federal health care reform law awaiting a Supreme Court decision due by the end of June, Tennessee officials continue to hedge their bets as they move to implement a key part of the law.
Everything comes in birth order in the Rehring family.
