Bloomberg’s Armstrong leaving for Stat

David Armstrong, who worked on the projects and investigations team at Bloomberg News, is leaving the wire service to become a senior enterprise reporter for Stat.

In a note sent to friends, Armstrong writes:

Hi, I wanted to let you know I will be joining an exciting and new journalistic venture that is being funded by John Henry, the owner of the Red Sox and the Globe. The publication is called Stat and it will formally launch in about a month (Here is Web site – www.statnews.com) While housed in office space in the Globe, Stat is a stand-alone entity. Rick Berke, the former national editor of the New York Times, is leading Stat. There are plans to partner with a number of journalistic entities across different platforms. I will be the senior enterprise reporter. Best, David

Armstrong had been based in Boston for Bloomberg. His focus has been on investigative stories surrounding insurance and health care. He has also written about international bribery, the business of sports, nonprofits and exploitative financial practices.

Armstrong had been at Bloomberg since 2010. Before that, he spent a decade as an investigative reporter at The Wall Street Journal. He worked at the Boston Globe from 1993 to 2000 and the Boston Herald from 1988 to 1993. He is a Syracuse University graduate.