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Name Rachana Pradhan

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Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

Rachana Pradhan is a journalist.
She is also a health reporter and a national correspondent for the nonprofit health newsroom, Kaiser Health News.

Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education

Rachana Pradhan was born Rachana Dixit in Washington, DC, to parents Shailaja Rimal Brady, (mother, a scientist at the United States Geological Survey), and Pradeep M. Dixit, (father, a mechanical engineer).
Rachana grew up between the District of Columbia and Virginia.
Her parents divorced and later remarried other people. Through them, she is the stepdaughter of Ray A. Brady and Kabita S. Dixit.
Rachana attended James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, from 2003 to 2007. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in Journalism and French.
She was the news editor of The Breeze, JMU’s student newspaper.
On April 26th, 2014, Rachana married Neeraj Bahadur Pradhan, an associate director in corporate strategy, after getting engaged in 2013. The wedding took place at Foxchase Manor in Manassas, Virginia, and was officiated by Pandit Laksuman Bhandari, a priest in the Vedic Hindu faith.
Rachana has one child with her husband Neeraj, born in 2018. Currently, the family resides in her hometown of Washington, DC.

Work : Career, Income, Salary and Net Worth

Rachana spent the summer after graduating from James Madison University (JMU) as a reporting intern at The Free Lance-Star. The Free Lance-Star is the leading daily newspaper distributed throughout Fredericksburg, VA.
She then worked as a city reporter for the newspaper, The Charlottesville Daily Progress, from 2008 to 2010.
Following that, Rachana started working for Inside Washington Publishers in 2011. She was initially an Associate Editor for Inside Health Policy until 2013, then a Chief Editor for Inside Health Policy’s Health Exchange Alert until 2014. During her time at Inside Washington Publishers, her work focused primarily on former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act.
In October 2014, Rachana started working for POLITICO. She was there until December 2019.
In January 2020, Rachana started her current role as a full-time correspondent for Kaiser Health News. She is currently reporting on the way policy decisions are taken in Washington DC affect the lives of normal people.

Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :

Rachana loves going to Nepal to visit family. She is very close to her husband’s relatives, particularly to his grandmother, whose wonderful sense of humor always makes Rachana laugh.
Rachana loves Washington DC and can usually be found visiting her favorite places, the National Arboretum, and the National Portrait Gallery.
Rachana did investigative work for a series covering Tom Price’s misuse of taxpayer money that led to his resignation. The investigative piece was picked as a finalist for the O’Brien Fellowship Award given by the American Society of News Editors.
Rachana has over twenty-two thousand followers on Twitter (now called X), where she frequently discusses ongoing events.
After graduating from James Madison University, Rachana spent a year abroad in France, teaching English to French high school students and indulging in Western Europe’s sights and culinary wonders.
She has stated that if not for a career in journalism her dream would have been to open a bakery in France or Italy.