From the Editors’ DeskFrom the Editors’ Desk As Business Editor Lori Montgomery and Deputy Business Editor Sandhya Somashekhar proudly announce, Chris Rowland, a seasoned reporter on the Business Desk, has embarked on a new chapter as Editor of our transport, energy, and healthcare team. Chris Rowland’s Exceptional Career Since joining The Post in 2018 as a healthcare reporter, Chris has consistently delivered impactful and accurate reporting. Within his first month, his expose on price-fixing in the generic drug industry graced the front page. During the pandemic, he delved into the healthcare supply chain and the race for coronavirus vaccines. More recently, Chris has been instrumental in uncovering the staggering death toll in nursing homes and leading The Post’s investigation into the issue. This investigative work garnered recognition from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing. A Return to Newsroom Leadership Chris’s new role marks a return to newsroom management. Prior to joining The Post, he held a dual role at the Boston Globe as Assistant Managing Editor and Washington Bureau Chief. Under his leadership, the Globe’s Washington bureau produced exceptional coverage of politics. A Multifaceted Journalist Chris’s career has spanned various roles in the journalism industry. He has served as a political writer for the Providence Journal and a reporter for the Brattleboro Reformer. Additionally, he has covered healthcare, politics, and the pharmaceutical industry in his previous roles. Personal Life A University of Arizona graduate, Chris resides in the District with his wife and daughter. His older daughters live in Brooklyn and Vermont. A Well-Deserved Congratulation Please join us in extending our heartfelt congratulations to Chris Rowland on this well-deserved recognition. We eagerly anticipate his contributions to our transport, energy, and healthcare coverage.
Note from Business Editor Lori Montgomery and Deputy Business Editor Sandhya Somashekhar:
We are pleased to announce that Chris Rowland, one of the Business Desk’s most experienced reporters, is taking on a new role as editor of our transport, energy and healthcare team.
Since joining The Post in 2018 as a health care reporter, Chris has demonstrated a remarkable talent for finding the big story and executing it with accuracy and flair. Within a month of joining, he had his first front-page story, a piece on price-fixing by generic drugmakers. During the pandemic, Chris has focused on the health care supply chain and the race to develop and manufacture coronavirus vaccines. Most recently, he has written a series of scoop stories on aging and assisted living, and was the lead reporter for The Post’s investigation into runaway nursing home deaths, which was recognized by the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing.
Chris’s new job marks a return to the newsroom. He joined The Post from the Boston Globe, where he served in the combined role of assistant managing editor and Washington bureau chief. Chris led a five-person bureau that produced distinctive coverage of Washington and American politics. (Most of Chris’s colleagues from the Globe’s DC bureau now also work at The Post, a happy coincidence for which Chris thanks former Post and Globe editor Marty Baron.) In addition to leading the Globe’s presidential campaign coverage in 2012 and 2016, Chris wrote high-profile stories about the risks posed to patients by the rush to embrace electronic health records and the widespread dysfunction at the Federal Election Commission. Previously, he was the Globe’s metropolitan political editor in Boston and a health care writer covering Big Pharma, insurance companies and hospitals. Chris began his career as a political writer for the Providence Journal in Rhode Island and as a reporter for the Brattleboro Reformer in Vermont.
Chris is a graduate of the University of Arizona and lives in the District with his wife and daughter. His two oldest daughters live in Brooklyn and Vermont.
Please join us in congratulating Chris on his new role, which will start immediately.
