National Pharma Correspondent

Job Description

Based at Boston HQ or remote

 

ABOUT STAT

 

In November 2015, STAT was launched as an ambitious media brand focused on health, medicine, and life sciences. Since then, we have grown to be the authoritative and trustworthy news media source for tough-minded coverage of the business of making medicines, health tech, science, and public health. We produce daily news, investigative articles, and narrative projects in addition to multimedia features, podcasts, and opinion pieces. Our team of editors and reporters have won numerous journalism awards, including four Polk awards, nine Murrow awards, three Loeb awards, and a National Magazine Award for general excellence, and have been named twice as a Pulitzer finalist. STAT is affiliated with Boston Globe Media Partners but is independent from The Boston Globe.

 

The Role

 

STAT is looking for a sharp, high-caliber reporter to join our first-rate team covering the pharma industry. While this reporter would break news and deliver quick-turn analyses, they would be expected to deliver big picture enterprise, including deeply reported company stories, profiles of top executives, narratives, and investigations that get inside the culture and internal machinations of global drugmakers. We’re looking for impact — more coverage that will get the attention of those in the industry as well readers who track it. This reporter would collaborate both with our senior pharma writer, our national biotech reporter, and the rest of our biopharma team, along with other reporters whose beats frequently intersect with coverage of the industry.

What you’ll do

• Keep our coverage ahead of the curve by chronicling the ups and downs of the pharma industry and its key players, M&A, the relationship between drugmakers and Washington, and more.
• Deliver deeply reported exclusive news stories, features, profiles, and other enterprise targets.
• Cultivate trusted sources across pharma C-suites, Wall Street analyst firms, and academia.
• Participate in our events, including occasionally as a moderator.
• Be a key player on a top-notch team producing deep, provocative, and vital reporting of the life sciences industry.

Who you are

• A reporter with at least five years experience covering the biopharma industry and the business of health. A versatile writer prepared to dive in on a wide range of stories. 
• A self-starter, but also collaborative in nature. STAT thrives on a tight-knit, all-hands-on-deck culture and a strong team dynamic.

Compensation/Location

The minimum salary for this position is $XXXXX. We offer a competitive benefits package, including health insurance, a 401(k) plan, generous vacation, parental leave, among other incentives. We also provide Care.com back-up care and have numerous wellness offerings, including free access to HeadSpace for all full-time employees.

How to Apply

Interested in this job? If so, we’d love to hear from you. Please submit a cover letter addressed to Jason Ukman, Managing Editor, along with a resume, and links to up to five clips that showcase your reporting on Boston Globe Media careers page.

In your resume and/or cover letter, please feel free to note which pronouns you use (For example – she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs, etc.). Preference will be given to applications submitted by Oct. 23.

This position is a union position covered by a collective bargaining agreement with the Boston Newspaper Guild.

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