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 […]
Ravindranath among the layoffs at STAT News
STAT News reporter Mohana Ravindranath is among the layoffs at the health care news organization. She joined in late 2021 and covered health tech. She previously worked at Insider and Politico. She also worked at Nextgov, Atlantic Media’s site for IT and government technology news, focusing on civilian agency technology and IT policy, with an eye toward Capitol Hill […]
STAT, Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance among the EPPY Award winners
Here are the business news-related winners from the annual EPPY Awards, given out by Editor and Publisher to recognize the best in digital journalism: Best Business/ Finance Website (Fewer than 1 million unique visitors) Winner: STAT, Business of Health and Medicine Judge’s comments: “STAT News is committed to delivering highly researched and balanced reporting on […]
Berke of STAT News on the importance of its coverage
Rick Berke, a co-founded and executive editor of STAT News, writes about the importance of its science and health care coverage. Berke writes, “We are at a unique moment in our country’s history, when an understanding of the issues that STAT covers is more relevant than ever before — to both our personal lives and […]
STAT News taps Lawrence to cover the FDA
STAT News has named Lizzy Lawrence its FDA reporter, leading coverage of the preeminent food and medicines regulator for the news organization. Lawrence is based in Washington. Lawrence most recently covered the medical device industry for STAT, where she reported on a medical-device company that implanted fake plastic parts into patients, and another that sent people endless batteries to […]
