STAT News wins awards for health insurance coverage
STAT News executive editor Rick Berke posted the following: Dear Readers, Please bear with me as I brag about two of STAT’s most accomplished (and humble) reporters: Casey Ross and Bob Herman. This week they won the Batten Medal, one of the most prestigious awards in American journalism, for their series revealing an explicit strategy by the […]
Bloomberg’s Cortez moving to Washington
Bloomberg News global health reporter Michelle Fay Cortez is moving to Washington after spending the last three years in Asia. She was an editor on the health and consumer team in Hong Kong before becoming global health reporter two years ago. She will continue covering health stories in Washington. Cortez has been with Bloomberg since 1992, with […]
Fierce Biotech’s Masson now associate editor
Gabrielle Masson has been promoted to an associate editor for Fierce Biotech. She has been a staff writer for Fierce Biotech for the past two years. Prior to Fierce, she worked at Becker’s Hospital Review, where she reported on public health and the pandemic. Masson graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison after studying creative writing […]
Zhang named chief DC correspondent for STAT News
Rachel Cohrs Zhang has been promoted to chief Washington correspondent at STAT News. Rachel will still devote most of her time to reporting, and she will also be STAT’s leader in a Washington operation that now includes nearly a dozen full-time editorial, events, and business staff members. Cohrs Zhang, a veteran of Modern Healthcare and Inside […]
Morning Brew hires McGrath to cover health care
Morning Brew has hired Cassie McGrath as its health care reporter. She will start on May 13. McGrath is currently a reporter at the Boston Business Journal covering health care and cannabis. McGrath previously was a news reporter at MassLive.com. She previously interned with PBS “Frontline” in Boston, as well as WGBH and as a press intern […]
Worcester Biz Journal hires Kanner-Mascolo as a reporter
The Worcester Business Journal has hired Mica Kanner-Mascolo as a reporter covering health care and diversity, equity and inclusion. A story on its website states, “Kanner-Mascolo started her role with WBJ on March 18. Since that time, she has covered the ongoing dispute between Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester and the Massachusetts Nurses Association labor union, exciting new research at […]
Cooney moves to cardiovascular beat at STAT News
STAT News reporter Elizabeth Cooney is now cover the cardiovascular beat for the news organization. Cooney has been the author of the “Morning Rounds” newsletter. She joined STAT in 2017 and has worked as a general assignment reporter and STAT+ editor. Prior to that, she was the Boston Globe’s inaugural White Coat Notes blogger, before moving on […]
STAT News taps Chen to be national biotech reporter
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 […]
Bloomberg hires Garde to cover large drug companies
Bloomberg News has hired Damian Garde to cover large drug companies. Garde was national biotech reporter for STAT News. He was part of a team that won a 2022 Polk Award for reporting about covert lobbying of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. He co-writes The Readout newsletter and co-hosts “The Readout LOUD” podcast. Prior to joining STAT in 2016, […]
Business Insider reporter Livingston is departing
Shelby Livingston, who has covered health care at Business Insider for the past three-and-a-half years, is leaving for a new opportunity. She has been covering health insurers and health care providers, as well as digital-health startups seeking to transform the industry. Livingston had previously been at Modern Healthcare covering health insurance. Before joining Modern Healthcare in 2016, she […]
