Garde returning to STAT News to work on events
Bloomberg News pharma reporter Damian Garde is returning to STAT News to work on events in addition to reporting. “Damian’s one of the most fluid and creative writers I have ever worked with, and he knows the biopharma industry like few others,” wrote Matthew Herper of STAT News on social media. Garde had joined Bloomberg in April 2024 to […]
ProPublica, STAT News among the Barlett & Steele winners
The winners of the 19th Annual Barlett and Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism highlighted the variety of ways and the extent to which the public’s health is impacted – oftentimes negatively – by companies’ pursuit to maximize profits. Each award-winning investigation shed light on a systematic abuse that has left Americans disadvantaged in the […]
What’s behind the success of STAT
Rick Edmonds of The Poynter Institute writes about STAT, the site that covers the health care industry that has turned 10 years old. Edmonds writes, “STAT appears to have thrived by having a distinct niche, but one not too narrowly defined — perhaps in the vein of The Marshall Project’s coverage of criminal justice and prisons. “‘They […]
STAT News seeks 45% hike in subscribers this summer
Rick Berke, co-founder and executive editor of STAT News, writes about the health care news site’s progress. Berke writes: Readers are flocking to STAT in record numbers. They tell us they are drawn to our deep, authoritative reporting of the upheaval we’re seeing in health and medicine and the reverberations for each and every one […]
STAT News hires Cirruzzo as DC reporter
STAT News has hired Chelsea Cirruzzo as a reporter in its Washington office. The hiring is part of an expansion of coverage around President Trump, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and the most important agencies and individuals shaping the U.S. health care system. Cirruzzo, who starts this week, has been a health care reporter […]
STAT News seeks a news editor
STAT is looking for a full-time, versatile editor who will be key to our operation in the afternoons and evenings. This person would primarily serve as a copy editor on stories and editor of our flagship newsletter, Morning Rounds. This person, who would report to our director of editorial operations, would also be our go-to […]
STAT reporter McFarling departs to run Knight Science Journalism program
The Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT has announced that Usha Lee McFarling, national science correspondent for STAT, will be joining the team in August as its director. The program is an elite mid-career fellowship program that brings prominent science journalists from around the world for 10 months of study and intellectual exploration at MIT, […]
STAT News, Sato of The Verge recognized by ASME
Health industry news site STAT News and Mia Sato of The Verge were recognized by The American Society of Magazine Editors winners of the 60th annual National Magazine Awards. STAT won in the general excellence special interest category for publications serving highly defined reader communities, including city and regional magazines. Sato, a feature writer for The Verge, […]
STAT News hires Payne as Washington correspondent
STAT News has hired Daniel Payne as a Washington correspondent. Payne has been a health care reporter at Politico Before becoming a health care reporter, he was a fellow at Politico. Before Politico, Payne worked to push The DeSoto Times-Tribune toward a digital-first approach as the Mississippi newspaper’s executive editor. He emphasized aggressive accountability reporting on the […]
STAT News seeks a reporter in Washington
STAT News is seeking a lead reporter to cover how Donald Trump and RFK Jr. are reshaping health care from Washington. This reporter will focus on covering the major executive branch agencies such as HHS and how Trump’s administration is transforming their roles, and the impacts on organizations and individuals. This position is based in […]
