略歴（Biography）
Beth Macy（ベス・メイシー）は、アメリカのジャーナリスト、ノンフィクション作家。長年にわたり地方紙の記者として取材活動を続けた後、医療、貧困、依存症、労働、地域社会をめぐる問題をテーマにしたルポルタージュで高い評価を得ている。徹底した現場取材と当事者への長期的な密着取材を特徴とし、社会問題を統計や制度だけでなく、一人ひとりの人生を通して描き出す作風で知られる。とりわけアメリカのオピオイド危機を追った取材は大きな反響を呼び、公衆衛生や社会的不平等を考えるうえで重要なノンフィクション作家の一人として広く認識されている。
Beth Macy is an American journalist and nonfiction author. After a long career as a newspaper reporter, she became widely recognized for her deeply reported narrative nonfiction exploring healthcare, poverty, addiction, labor, and the challenges facing American communities. Known for her immersive, long-term reporting and compassionate storytelling, Macy examines major social issues through the lives of the people most directly affected by them. Her work on the opioid epidemic, in particular, has had a significant impact on public understanding of one of America's most pressing public health crises. Through her writing, Macy has established herself as one of the leading chroniclers of contemporary social and economic challenges in the United States.
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