Modern Healthcare hires Podmolik as editor in chief
Mary Ellen Podmolik has been hires as editor in chief of Modern Healthcare, a Crain’s publication. Publisher Fawn Lopez writes, “She comes to us after spending more than 15 years at the Chicago Tribune and other publications as a journalist and newsroom executive. “With a writer’s perspective, an executive’s discipline and an eye on the future of business, […]
Endpoints News ME Blankenship is leaving
Kyle Blankenship, the managing editor of biopharmaceutical news outlet Endpoints News, is leaving for a non-journalism job. His last day is Friday. Blankenship has been at Endpoints since December 2020, first as a senior editor. He has been managing editor since February 2021. He previously worked as an associate editor at FiercePharma, as a city […]
STAT News hires Bannow to cover hospitals and insurance
STAT News has hired Tara Bannow to cover hospitals and insurance. She will start later this month. Bannow is a senior reporter for Modern Healthcare covering hospital finance. She previously covered all aspects of healthcare for the Bulletin, a daily newspaper in Bend, Ore. Prior to that, she covered higher education for the Iowa City Press-Citizen. She […]
Kaiser Health’s Hancock retires after 39 years in journalism
Kaiser Health News senior correspondent Jay Hancock has retired after 39 years in journalism. His last day was Friday. Hancock joined KHN in 2012 from The Baltimore Sun, where he wrote a column on business and finance. Previously he covered the State Department and the economics beat for The Sun and health care for The Virginian-Pilot of […]
Baltimore Sun taps Bologna to cover real estate and health care
Giacomo Bologna has joined The Baltimore Sun’s business and health team reporting on development, real estate and health care. He comes from the Baltimore Business Journal, where he covered tech, innovation and health care. He also served as the lead reporter for Maryland Inno, a companion website that focuses on tech and innovation in the […]
Fierce Biotech seeks a reporter
Fierce Biotech is seeking a sharp and eager journalist to join our expanding team. We are looking for a reporter to deliver regular scoops and a steady flow of features that put the news in context for our readers. This beat focuses on biotech companies from startups to multibillion-dollar enterprises—the venture capital they raise and IPOs […]
Bloomberg hires Swetlitz on the health team
Ike Swetlitz is joining Bloomberg’s health team in Boston, focusing on biotech. He begins March 28. He is currently an investigative reporter at Searchlight New Mexico. He was formerly a general assignment reporter and Washington correspondent at STAT News. He has also reported for the Medill School of Journalism. Swetlitz is a Yale University graduate.
Wired seeks a biotech reporter
WIRED Science is looking for a biotechnology beat reporter to help us explore the cutting edge of the life sciences. Our ideal candidate is curious and intellectually omnivorous, someone who can tackle the possibilities and complexities of such a vast beat in a way that’s attuned to the future, but not prone to hype. The […]
Kaiser Health hires Tahir to cover health tech
Kaiser Health News has hired Darius Tahir to cover health technology. He will start in March. “It’s an opportunity to describe how this new universe of tech tools are affecting patients on the ground,” he wrote on Twitter. Tahir has been at Politico as its eHealth reporter for Politico Pro since May 2015. Before joining Politico, Tahir worked […]
Axios taps Politico’s Bettelheim as senior health care editor
Axios has hired Adriel Bettelheim as senior health care editor overseeing health care and health policy coverage. He was previously a health care editor at Politico. Before that, he was a managing editor at CQ Roll Call. He has also served as a health regulation team leader at Bloomberg News. Bettelheim was also a senior […]
