John Hillkirk
John Hillkirk, senior enterprise editor, was a reporter or editor at USA Today for 33 years before joining KFF Health News in 2016.
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John Hillkirk, senior enterprise editor, was a reporter or editor at USA Today for 33 years before joining KFF Health News in 2016.
Kathleen Hayden, chief digital editor for KFF Health News, is a 20-year online news veteran with a specialty in government, elections, and policy coverage. Before joining KFF Health News, she managed Bloomberg Government’s online, information graphics, and multimedia teams and edited news and analyses on industries including health care.
Elisabeth Rosenthal, senior contributing editor for health news analysis, joined KFF Health News in 2016 as editor-in-chief after 22 years as a correspondent with The New York Times. She had covered a variety of beats for the newspaper, from health care to the environment, and did a stint in the Beijing bureau.
David Rousseau is publisher and executive director of KFF Health News, the largest health newsroom in the United States.
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