Our guest this week on Coffee with a Journalist is Samantha Stokes from Insider. Samantha is a startups and VC reporter at Insider focusing on health tech and mental health tech companies. Previously, she was on Insider's finance team, where she wrote about Wall Street.

During the episode, Samantha talks about the timeliness of pitches, her interest in specific health companies and the people involved with them, how to connect with her without asking for coverage, and more.