STAT News taps Chen to be national biotech reporter

Elaine Chen

STAT News has named Elaine Chen as its national biotechnology reporter.

She joined the publication in November 2022 as its first cardiovascular reporter. Chen has been covering all aspects of heart and metabolic conditions, including diabetes and obesity.

Recently, Chen was at Bloomberg News, where she worked as a cross-asset reporter, rotational reporter and finance reporting intern. She also interned at The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune Media Group, The Sacramento Bee and Chalkbeat.

Chen has a B.A. from the University of Chicago.

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.