Managing Editor and Chief of Health Analysis
U.S. News & World Report
Ben Harder oversees methodology and data analysis for U.S. News & World Report's portfolio of data-driven patient decision-support tools, including the Best Hospitals and Best Children’s Hospitals rankings, Best Nursing Homes ratings, and searchable Find a Doctor directory. A frequent speaker on topics related to quality measurement and public reporting, Harder is a healthcare journalist whose work has appeared in BMJ, JAMA, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, National Geographic News, Science News, USA Today, the Washington Post and other publications. A Science News cover story he wrote about the use of maggots in medicine was anthologized in Best American Science Writing 2005. He is a graduate of Harvard University, where he served as the first Editor in Chief of Let’s Go Publications, a publisher of travel guides. He completed a John S. and James L. Knight Foundation journalism fellowship at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2002 and has been an editor at U.S. News since 2007.
SALARY: MedStar Health;
SALARY: U.S. News & World Report
Advancing Transparency and Accountability Through Public Reporting
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM CT
