WaPo forms Standards desk, announces two staff moves
The following excerpt was sent out: The Washington Post announces the formation of a Standards desk to protect the integrity of news reporting and support Post journalists. Meghan Ashford-Grooms of Kaiser Health News and Carrie Camillo, the deputy editor of the Talent Network, will be The Post’s standards editors, reporting to Deputy Managing Editor Liz […]
Weber departs Kaiser Health News for Washington Post
The Washington Post has hired Lauren Weber as an accountability reporter, focused on disinformation. Weber will join the Health and Science team on Jan. 3. As per the Post: Lauren will examine the forces promoting scientific and medical disinformation on subjects such as vaccines, drugs, nutritional supplements and health-care treatments, and will chronicle how academia, […]
Kaiser Health News seeks a Midwest correspondent
KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation), the nonprofit health policy analysis, polling and journalism organization, is seeking a correspondent to join the staff of Kaiser Health News, its editorially independent newsroom distributing in-depth coverage of health and health policy issues across the country. KHN has a vibrant and ambitious staff based in Washington, DC, California, and across […]
Axios hires Knight to cover health care policy
Axios has hired Kaiser Health News reporter Victoria Knight to cover health care policy. She will start in August. Knight currently covers Congress and a wide range of health care issues from Washington. She is Kaiser Health’s lead reporter working with PolitiFact to check the claims of politicians, advocates, and companies on health care. Knight is also […]
Kaiser Health hires Chang from Miami Herald
Kaiser Health News has hired Miami Herald reporter Daniel Chang to cover health care in Florida and the South. He has been at the Herald for 22 years. His last day will be July 15. Chang will start his new job in August. He has been covering health care for the Herald, where his coverage focuses to […]
Kaiser Health News taps Rayasam as a senior correspondent
Kaiser Health News has appointed Renuka Rayasam as a senior correspondent in the Southern bureau. She recently has been working as a national correspondent at Politico. She has also worked freelance for The New Yorker, BBC, Quartz, The Atlantic, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal and other international publications. Rayasam also served as an associate editor […]
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 […]
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 […]
Kaiser Health News seeks Southern correspondents
KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation), the nonprofit health policy analysis, polling and journalism organization, is seeking several correspondents to join the staff of Kaiser Health News (KHN), its editorially independent newsroom distributing in-depth coverage of health and health policy issues across the country. KHN has a vibrant and ambitious staff based in Washington, D.C., California, Missouri, […]
Kaiser Health News seeks a digital producer
KFF, the non-profit health policy analysis, polling and journalism organization, is seeking a digital producer to join the staff of Kaiser Health News (KHN), its editorially independent newsroom distributing in-depth coverage of health issues across the country. KHN is an ambitious and growing provider of news on health care politics, policy and business. KHN’s web […]
