Washington Correspondent, STAT

About the role

STAT is looking for an enterprising, versatile, curious, and hard-charging reporter to join our award-winning Washington D.C. bureau. This reporter will pursue ambitious and impactful stories focused on the intersection of federal policy and the development and regulation of new medicines and medical products, with a major focus on the Food and Drug Administration. We’re looking for a reporter who can break news, deliver quick-turn analyses, and conceive of and execute illuminating, provocative, and unexpected enterprise stories. Our Washington reporters make up a small but close-knit team known for exclusives.

Responsibilities

• Deliver scoops and distinctive stories from the Washington health care ecosystem, focused on the FDA and federal policy as it relates to medical products.
• Balance the demands of daily news coverage with longer, deeply reported features and other enterprise targets.
• Moderate and lead events and contribute to newsletters and podcasts.

Qualifications

• A journalist who’s covered politics, health care, or science (or all three).
• A demonstrated track record of delivering scoops and exclusives on a competitive beat.
• Collaborative, flexible, and willing to innovate.
• Faithful to bedrock journalistic values and committed to excellence.

We know that strong candidates may not fit precisely into what we’ve described above or may have important skills we haven’t thought of. If that’s you, don’t hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself.

Benefits

• Competitive health insurance.
• 401(k) plan.
• Generous vacation policy.
• Numerous wellness offerings, including free access to HeadSpace for all full-time employees.
• Parental leave.

Pay

The salary range for reporters at STAT is $74,911–120,000. This range reflects the band for this role, with most qualified candidates expected to be hired within the midpoint. Compensation will be informed by the candidate’s particular combination of skills, experience, and qualifications.

Location

STAT’s Washington D.C. office is adjacent to the Boston Globe’s downtown D.C. bureau and is easily accessible by multiple Metro lines and buses. The strongest candidates for this position would be based in the area or willing to move there. Some colleagues come into the office on a regular basis.

This position is part of the Boston Newspaper Guild.