Politico taps Leonard to cover health care politics and policy

Ben Leonoard

Politico has named Ben Leonard to cover health care politics and policy, starting Aug. 7.

Leonard has been a health technology reporter, covering digital health action from D.C. at agencies, in Congress and in the White House, as well as the industry at large.

He previously covered breaking news for Politico as an intern and has reported for NBC News, the Baltimore Sun and the Tampa Bay Times.

He’s a graduate of Duke University, where he studied public policy and journalism.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.