KC Star hires Marso to cover business of health care

Andy Marso

The Kansas City Star has hired reporter Andy Marso to cover the business of health care.

Mark Davis of The Star writes, “Fannin noted Marso’s personal battle to survive bacterial meningitis while a senior at the University of Kansas and its influence on the journalism he has done since. Marso lost both feet and both hands but for his right thumb to the disease.

“‘Andy brings a deep passion for coverage of health care and the business of health care. His incredible personal story gives him empathy for real people with real problems and helps him connect policy with patient care,’ Fannin said.

“Since August 2014, Marso has covered health care at Kansas News Service, which is part of KCUR and was formerly called Kansas Health Institute News Service. He also has covered Kansas government for the Topeka Capital-Journal. He earned journalism degrees from KU and the University of Maryland.

“His recent work has included a look at medicine by monthly fee in the Kansas City area, a mounting backlog of Medicaid applications in Kansas, and a Kansas state senator’s pursuit of public development funds while behind on his own property taxes.”

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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.