Anissa Durham

Journalist

Anissa Durham is an award-winning independent health care journalist. In 2026, she won the inaugural NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Journalism for her series "On Borrowed Time." Her reporting expertise includes racial justice, government accountability, investigative work, data, explanatory journalism, and infrastructure.

Durham holds a bachelor's degree in integrated marketing communications from National University and an associate's degree in journalism from San Diego Mesa College. Her work has appeared in STAT, CalMatters, The Markup, Word In Black, and more.