Cathleen F. Crowley

http://www.timesunion.com/cathleencrowley/
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/A-precious-gift-for-the-giving-3473055.php
http://blog.timesunion.com/healthcare/about/

Cathleen F. Crowley is an "avid sportswoman, playing volleyball, basketball and ice hockey, as well as board games and orienteering"; but Mrs. Crowley covers "health care, hospitals and medicine" for the Times Union.  The article I read was called A precious gift for the giving.  In this article it tells how New York is "rank[ing] close to the bottom in registered organ donors" in the United States and now with the help of DOV (Department of Motor Vehicles) it is said that the registered organ donors will rise because of the new part of the website.  In the new part of the website, people have the option to "register as organ donors".  Right now, the organ donor list is low, "so a team of nurses at the hospital has started an effort to improve the donation process and increase the number of donors."  The nurses help patients change their mind and sign up for donation.  This article was kind of touching because I realised that "[y]ou could give someone hope and be someone's hero," just by donating.  Mrs. Crowley is a "closet techie" and researches a lot for what she covers in the newspaper.  She has been a "newspaper reporter for 15 years" and loves her job.