2020 Roundup with Journalist and Health Tech Investor Chrissy Farr

In this episode, former journalist Chrissy Farr joins me to discuss 2020, including reporting on a pandemic, attacks on the media, the most unbelievable stories of the year and her new role at OMERS Ventures.

• Intro :13
• About Farr :17
• The interview 1:01
• How did you end up in journalism? 1:08
• What was it like being a journalist in 2020? 2:47
• How did you figure out what to focus on when covering the pandemic? 7:09
• Were you concerned you might publish a story that would need a retraction? 9:22
• Is this the first time you’ve dealt with targeted attempts to discredit the media? 19:00
• Comments from readers, patients 24:02
• Journalists are in the category of “hero” 25:45
• Looking back at 2020, are there any stories that seemed unbelievable? 27:41
• Did you notice that politics and other topics became more intertwined with your health reporting? 32:21
• It’s interesting how people change the narrative based on their agenda 35:49
• Tell us about your new role with OMERS Ventures 39:44
• What made you leave journalism? 42:08
• Farr’s take-home message 45:15
• Thank you, Chrissy 47:09

Christina (Chrissy) Farr is principal investor, Health-Tech Lead at OMERS Ventures and a former journalist.

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Jain at [email protected]. Farr can be reached @chrissyfarr. Follow us on Twitter @HemOncToday @ShikhaJainMD.

Disclosures: Jain reports she is a paid freelance writer for Lippincott. Farr is principal investor at OMERS Ventures.