Diana J. Mason is the Senior Policy Service Professor at The George Washington University School of Nursing; and Professor Emerita, Co-founder and Co-director of the Center for Health, Media and Policy at Hunter College, City University of New York. Dr. Mason is also a journalist who has produced and moderated a weekly New York City radio program on health and health policy for over 30 years. Since its inception, she has served on the National Advisory Committee for Kaiser Health News. She served as editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Nursing for over a decade. She is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Lillian Wald Service Award from the American Public Health Association and George Doval Award for Excellence in Nursing Education from New York University; and the Pioneering Spirit Award from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.