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 […]
STAT’s Owermohle hired by CNN to cover health policy
Sarah Owermohle has joined CNN as a reporter covering health policy and politics. Owermohle joins CNN from STAT, where she was a Washington correspondent reporting on the federal government’s health care agenda, policies, and politics. At STAT, she covered the national COVID-19 response, the Biden administration’s health goals, and the burgeoning “Make America Healthy […]
Businessweek, STAT News wins Polk Awards
The George Polk Award for technology reporting has been awarded to Olivia Carville and Cecilia D’Anastasio of Bloomberg Businessweek for stories about child safety online that revealed how predators have used the Roblox gaming platform to groom and exploit children, how “sextortion” scammers blackmailed teens via Instagram and how drug dealers sold fentanyl to kids using Snapchat. The stories had […]
The Verge, Rest of World, Business Insider named magazine award finalists
The following business publications have been named finalists in The American Society of Magazine Editors’ 60th annual National Magazine Awards: The Verge in the general excellence, news, sports and entertainment category; Rest of World in the design category for “The Changing Face of Protest,” “2024 AI Elections Tracker” and “Digital Divinity”; Business Insider in the […]
STAT News seeks a DC reporter
STAT is looking for an enterprising, versatile, curious, and hard-charging reporter to join our award-winning Washington D.C. bureau at this unique moment in our country’s history, when an understanding of the issues that STAT covers in Washington is more relevant than ever. This reporter will pursue ambitious and impactful stories about the way politics and advocacy […]
STAT’s Todd to take on reporting role
STAT News assignment editor Sarah Todd is taking on a new role reporting on the commercial determinants of a person’s health. She will be focusing on be focusing on how food, alcohol, and tobacco shape our health and looking into the business practices and policy decisions that can ameliorate or perpetuate chronic disease. Todd was previously a […]
STAT News reporter Merelli among the layoffs
STAT News reporter Annalisa Merelli is among the layoffs at the health care news organization. Before joining STAT in 2023, she had been at Quartz for nine years, starting as a reporter on the Ideas team. She also covered COVID-19 with a focus on its impact on inequality, ongoing health crises, and the healthcare industry Merelli also […]
