Dr. Michael Fine joined What’s Up Newp for a live virtual video conversation at 11:30 am on Tuesday, October 6.

Fine is a writer, a community organizer, a family physician, and served in the Cabinet of Governor Lincoln Chafee as Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) from February of 2011 until March of 2015.

The conversation spans from issues relating to COVID-19, to changes in healthcare, to being an author.

Watch the video live below as it happens, or anytime afterward.

Ryan Belmore is the owner and publisher of What's Up Newp. He took over the publication in 2012 and has grown it into a three-time Rhode Island Monthly Best Local News Blog (2018, 2019, 2020). He was named LION Publishers Member of the Year in 2020 and received the Dominique Award from the Arts & Cultural Society of Newport County the same year. He has been awarded grants for investigative and community journalism, and continues to coach and mentor new local news publications nationwide. Ryan...