S&P Global hires Bloomberg’s Hallam to run health care desk

Kristen Hallam

S&P Global Market Intelligence has hired Kristen Hallam to run its health care news desk.

Hallam has been the last 16 years at Bloomberg News, most recently as a deputy team leader in London for health care news. Previously at Bloomberg, she worked as a reporter in Washington, translating health policy changes into actionable news, and helped initiate environmental news coverage.

AT S&P Global, Hallam is in charge of global coverage of pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, life sciences, health care technology, health care suppliers and other related sectors.

Before Bloomberg, Hallam worked at Modern Healthcare, covering health policy and legal issues. She also worked at the Nashville Banner for 18 months covering the health care industry.

Hallam is a Northwestern University graduate.

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.