Angela Chao

is the Director and Head of Global News at Healthline Media and Healthgrades, home to the world's leading health and wellness media platforms such as Healthline, Medical News Today, Healthgrades, and Psych Central.

In her current role, Angela owns editorial vision, strategy, and operations for news, newsletters, and HCP (healthcare professional) content across the portfolio, leading an international team of editors, freelance writers, credentialed medical and life-sciences fact checkers, and podcast producers. She partners cross-functionally to develop and launch high-stake content products and business initiatives, and is an early adopter championing responsible, ethical generative AI adoption in editorial workflows.

Angela is an award-winning journalist and executive producer, and a digital pioneer who has led large-scale content experiments across web, social, OTT, and emerging platforms, driving exponential audience and revenue growth at multiple news organizations. Before joining Healthline Media in January 2022, she worked as an executive producer, digital journalist, and newsroom leader at outlets including TEGNA's 11Alive/WXIA, The Weather Channel/Weather.com, Lonely Planet, USA TODAY Network/Gannett, and AOL.

With native fluency in three languages, Angela holds a bachelor's degree from Washington State University and a master's from the University of Missouri School of Journalism. She currently serves on the ONA Board of Directors.