Rick Berke is the co-founder and executive editor of STAT, a thriving media company that has become an important voice in the coverage of health and medicine, and has received multiple national journalism awards every year since its founding. STAT produces daily, tough-minded coverage of biopharma, health care, health tech, life sciences, racism in medicine, and public health. Rick is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Columbia University School of Journalism. He got his start as a reporter for the Baltimore Evening Sun. From there, he spent most of his career at the New York Times, where he was chief political correspondent and covered beats including Congress, the White House, and national drug policy. As an editor, for many years he organized the Times' daily news coverage as assistant managing editor for news. He was also assistant managing editor for features, as well as Washington editor, national editor, political editor, and video content editor. Before launching STAT, he was executive editor of Politico. Rick was a longtime board member of the Institute of Politics at Harvard, and a visiting lecturer at Harvard's Kennedy School. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2023.
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Asia Center
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Center for the Future of Aging
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