Veteran Health Reporter Keti Dor Departs Kan 11 After 36 Years

Keti Dor, a senior journalist and head of the health desk at Kan 11, announced her departure from public broadcasting on Sunday, concluding a 36-year career, including nine and a half years with the corporation. In an emotional social media post, Dor bid farewell to the organization she described as her "home, life, and family," reflecting on a career marked by reality-altering publications, incisive investigations, and coverage of historic events.

Dor stated her journalism was always driven by the public interest, "without interests, without fear, and without bias." She expressed immense professional pride in her numerous investigations, headlines, publications, and exposés over 36 years, as well as her documentary films. Notable among her career highlights are the exposure of poet David Avidan's condition, which led to a fundamental shift in the treatment of poets and artists in Israel; the revelation of an AIDS-tainted blood donation to a 9-year-old boy, prompting revised guidelines for blood donations; a series of investigative reports on hospital infections that resulted in the establishment of a national unit to combat them and a State Comptroller investigation; and leading Kan 11's intensive two-and-a-half-year coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dor praised the founding days of the news division at Kan 11 under the management of Baruch Shi and editing of Eli Levin, and thanked her professional teams and sources. Despite the evolving media landscape, she concluded with a resolute message: "Although journalism has completely changed its face, precisely because of this, we must continue to fight for journalistic values. We will not stop pursuing the truth. It's not over, it's just changing, see you in the next chapter."