Hooper moves to health care beat at Politico

Kelly Hooper is now covering health care for Politico. She has been a breaking news reporter. She also served as a senior digital producer, and before that, as a digital producer. In addition, she was an intern at WeddingWire in Washington, D.C., Star News Group and Anchor Media LLC. She has also written and edited for The […]

Modern Healthcare seeks a deputy editor

Modern Healthcare, the leading source of health care business news, is looking for a highly motivated, news-driven deputy editor to grow our audience by helping produce must-read content for our website and newsletters. The deputy editor is a member of the newsroom’s leadership team and will work with other editors to shape the direction of […]

Business Insider’s Dunn leaves for new opportunity

Senior health care reporter Andrew Dunn has left Business Insider for a new opportunity. He has been based in Washington as a reporter covering the biotech and pharmaceutical industries since January 2020. He previously was at BioPharma Dive, an Industry Dive publication, where he had worked since July 2018. Dunn also interned at the Baltimore Sun, Tampa Bay Times and CNN covering a variety […]

San Diego Biz Journal hires Kastner to cover health care

The San Diego Business Journal has hired Jennifer Kastner as a reporter. A story on its website, “Jennifer is a veteran broadcast journalist who most recently was an on-air news reporter for ABC 10News in San Diego. “A native San Diegan and graduate of the University of Colorado’s School of Journalism, during her career, Jennifer has also […]

SABEW selects 15 journalists for health care symposium

Fifteen journalists were selected for the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing’s 2023 Health Care Symposium in Washington, D.C., March 23-25. Throughout the three-day program, fellows will take a deep dive into hot-button issues with experts and veteran reporters to discuss topics including the ongoing impact of Covid, abortion and changes in reimbursement for […]

Kaiser Health News correspondent Bluth set to depart

Rachel Bluth, a correspondent for California Healthline at Kaiser Health News, will leave the news organization at the end of the month. She joined as a web reporting fellow. Her tweet reads: “I’ll still be around Sacramento! Details TK on my next gig.” Previously, Bluth covered Gov. Larry Hogan and the Maryland General Assembly for […]

Axios hires Weitzman to cover health tech

Axios has hired Aaron Weitzman to cover health technology. Weitzman has been covering buyouts for Buyouts Insider since 2021. He had been a reporter at The Bond Buyer, an Arizent publication, where he had worked since December 2014 covering the sell side of the municipal bond market, focusing on daily coverage of the muni primary and secondary […]

STAT News hires Lawrence to cover medical devices

STAT News has hired reporter Lizzy Lawrence to cover medical devices. She had been at Protocol covering tools and productivity software in the workplace. Lawrence interned at the Baltimore Sun. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where she was editor in chief of the Michigan Daily. While in college, she also interned at Kaiser Health News and at USA Today.

Sheridan departs STAT News

STAT News research reporter Kate Sheridan has left the health care industry publication. She has been collecting and analyzing documents, data, and other information for biotech, health tech, science, and politics stories. She joined STAT in 2018 to cover biotech startups and venture capital. Previously, she was a science writer at Newsweek and completed internships at STAT […]

Crain’s New York hires three new reporters

Crain’s New York Business has hired three new reporters in recent weeks. They are: C.J. Hughes joins Crain’s New York to cover real estate as a senior reporter. For almost 20 years he has been a prolific freelance reporter covering real estate in New York City, including for The New York Times. He brings deep […]