Betsy McKay is a senior writer for The Wall Street Journal. She writes about U.S. and global public health. Previously, she was Atlanta bureau chief, managing a team of reporters covering the Eastern U.S. and several industries. As a reporter before that in Atlanta, she covered the beverage industry, and public health. Ms. McKay joined The Wall Street Journal in Moscow, where she wrote about Russia's post-Soviet political and economic transformation. She is a member of the team of Journal reporters awarded the 1999 Pulitzer Prize in the international reporting category for in-depth analytical coverage of the Russian financial crisis. She has won awards for stories on public health issues, including drug-resistant tuberculosis and maternity care in the rural U.S. Ms. McKay holds a B.A. from Amherst College and an M.A. in Russian language and literature from Bryn Mawr College.