Rick Berke, Co-founder and Executive Editor of STAT

Join us as we explore the success of STAT - the fast-growing media company that uncovers and delivers trusted news on health, medicine, and the life sciences.
Rick Berke, STAT’s co-founder and executive editor, got his start as a reporter for the Baltimore Evening Sun, before spending the majority of his career at The New York Times where he served in various roles - from Chief Political Correspondent to Washington Editor to National Editor. When John Henry came calling in 2015 with the idea of a dedicated health and science digital media company, Rick put on his hat and gloves and moved to Boston to start STAT.
After being the first to break the COVID-19 story in January 2020, STAT became a go-to source for information during the pandemic with over 26 million visitors in March 2020 alone. In this conversation, Rick reveals where things have gone right (and wrong) since the company’s founding and we gain perspective on Rick’s ambitions for STAT as it expands to cover the science and politics driving healthcare systems all over the world.