Former TV anchor tells story of hospice
- March 6, 2015 |
- LORI SHARN BRYANT
Anita Brikman took on first public awareness campaign for NHPCO about ‘Moments of Life,' end-of-life care Brikman Like many journalists, Anita Brikman made the jump from news to public relations—and immediately landed in the fire. The anchor and health reporter for WUSA Channel 9 in Washington, D.C., joined the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization in October 2013 just as media scrutiny of the growing for-profit hospice industry was intensifying. NHPCO's members include both nonprofit and for-profit providers of services for dying patients and their families. Brikman, senior vice president of strategic communications, said it was a demanding situation for… Read More