Health care reporter Pittman leaves Politico

David Pittman

Health care reporter David Pittman has left Politico after working there for more than four years.

“I’m taking some time off to explore options and take a break from the daily grind,” said Pittman in an email.

Since December 2017, Pittman has been part of the Politico Pro health care team, covering doctors, hospitals, Medicare pay policy, the FDA and drug industry.

Before that, he covered the intersection of health and technology policy. Pittman was hired as part of a three-person team to launch Politico Pro’s eHealth vertical.

Before Politico, Pittman worked at MedPage Today and FDAnews. He also spent three years as a health reporter for the Amarillo Globe-News in Texas.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.