David Burda
Editor
dburda@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5439
Twitter: @MHdburda

Oversees editorial content, direction and policy of magazine and entire editorial staff. Background includes 25 years reporting healthcare business news at various publications.MA, Journalism, Indiana University; BA, English, Elmhurst (Ill.) College. Joined Modern Healthcare in 1987.

Neil McLaughlin
Managing Editor
nmclaughlin@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5343
Twitter: @MHnmclaughlin

Oversees day-to-day editorial operations and production of magazine. Background includes reporter for the Associated Press in Chicago, Springfield, Ill., and Washington; reporter and assistant editor at City News Bureau of Chicago. MS, Journalism, Northwestern University; BA, Political Science, Loyola University. Joined Modern Healthcare in 1986.

Gregg Blesch
News Editor
gblesch@modernhealthcare.com
312-397-7585
Twitter: @MHgblesch

Oversees news coverage and edits weekly news section. Background includes healthcare reporter for the Daily Southtown, Tinley Park, Ill.; education reporter for the Columbian, a daily newspaper serving Vancouver, Wash. MS, journalism, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.; BA, English, Willamette University, Salem, Ore. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2007.

David May
Assistant Managing Editor/Features
dmay@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5451
Twitter: @MHdmay

Edits cover stories, special reports and other features. Background includes copy desk chief at the Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, Ill., and copy editor at the Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, Iowa. BA, Journalism, Northern Illinois University. Joined Modern Healthcare in 1989.

Keith Horist
Assistant Managing Editor/Graphics
khorist@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5467

Oversees all graphics for magazine as well as production and printing process. Background includes Crain Communications production department; English teacher, Elmwood Park, Ill. In 2007, Horist received the Peter Lisagor Award for Exemplary Journalism for magazine design from the Chicago Headline Club, the Chicago chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Joined Modern Healthcare in 1987.

Pat Shrader
Digital Editor
pshrader@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5418
Twitter: @MHpshrader

Oversees the Daily Dose, a daily e-mail newsletter. Background includes news technology manager, Webmaster and copy editor at the Post-Tribune, Gary, Ind. He also worked at the Beaumont Enterprise and Port Arthur News, both in Texas. Has a BA in journalism and a degree in computer programming from Indiana University. Joined Modern Healthcare in July 2005.

Christine LaFave Grace
Assistant Digital Editor
cgrace@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5225
Twitter: @MHclgrace

Oversees Health IT Strategist and Modern Physician and manages the editorial content on ModernPhysician.com. Background includes associate editor/assistant Web editor and copy editor at Restaurants & Institutions. BA in journalism, Indiana University. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2010.

Paul Barr
Reporter
pbarr@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5230
Twitter: @MHpbarr

Covers public health, post-acute care, specialty hospitals and rural hospitals. Also follows healthcare news in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Background includes managing editor for hedge fund publisher HedgeWorld, Chicago; senior editor for Online Investor magazine, Oak Brook, Ill.; and reporter for Pensions & Investments, Chicago. BA in Economics, University of Illinois, Urbana; MBA/MS in Journalism, University of Illinois. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2004.

Joe Carlson
Reporter/Chicago
jcarlson@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5314
Twitter: @MHJCarlson

Covers legal affairs, including healthcare reform, fraud and compliance, labor, and regulatory news. Also covers regional healthcare business news in Florida, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Background includes court and municipal reporting for the Times of Northwest Indiana and government affairs reporter for the Express-Times. BA in Journalism, University of Minnesota. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2008.

Joseph Conn
Reporter/Chicago
jconn@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5395
Twitter: @MHJConn

Reports on information technology, quality/patient safety and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Covers healthcare business news in Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. Background includes 24 years of reporting and editing with various news publications, teaching journalism at Valparaiso (Ind.) University and working as a Peace Corps volunteer in Sierra Leone. BA, English, Valparaiso University. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2001.

Rich Daly
Reporter/Washington
rdaly@modernhealthcare.com
202-662-7207
Twitter: @mhrdaly

Covers general healthcare business news in Delaware, Virginia and West Virginia. Daly is a former reporter for Psychiatric News, where he covered federal, state and regional healthcare policy affecting mental health providers. He's also a former reporter for Congressional Quarterly and a small newspaper chain in northern Virginia. Daly has a Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of Dallas. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2011.

Melanie Evans
Bureau Chief/New York
mevans@modernhealthcare.com
212-210-0209
Twitter: @MHmevans

Covers finance and governance news. Also covers healthcare business news in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Background includes healthcare and not-for-profits reporter at the Duluth (Minn.) News Tribune. B.A., International Relations, Boston University; B.A., Journalism, University of Minnesota. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2004.

Jaimy Lee
Reporter/New York
jlee@modernhealthcare.com
212-210-0471
Twitter: @MHjlee

Reports on medical technology, medical suppliers, group purchasing organizations and healthcare news in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Lee was a healthcare and public affairs reporter for PRWeek. She also previously was a healthcare and education reporter for the San Diego Business Journal. Lee has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego.

Maureen McKinney
Reporter/Chicago
mmckinney@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5287
Twitter: @MHMMcKinney

Reports on quality of care and patient-safety issues and regional healthcare business news in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi. Backgrounds include freelance healthcare and technology writer in Chicago. Her pieces have appeared in a number of healthcare industry publications, including Inside Healthcare Computing, Government Health IT and Hospitals & Health Networks. Master of Science in journalism, Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, and a Bachelor of Arts in art history and communications, University of Michigan. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2010.

Andis Robeznieks
Reporter/Chicago
arobeznieks@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5374
Twitter: @MHARobeznieks

Reports on physician issues, healthcare construction/design and healthcare marketing. Covers healthcare business news in Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. Most recently he was the ethics and patient safety/quality reporter for AMNews, the weekly newspaper published by the American Medical Association. MS, Journalism, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; BA, Journalism, Eastern Illinois University. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2005.

Ashok Selvam
Reporter/Chicago
aselvam@modernhealthcare.com
312-280-3130
Twitter: @MHaselvam

Covers not-for-profit hospitals and systems as well as management and labor issues. Also covers regional healthcare news in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. Former reporter for the Daily Herald, a suburban Chicago daily newspaper, where he covered a variety of topics, including healthcare. Selvam has a bachelor’s of science degree in newspaper journalism from Syracuse (N.Y.) University. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2011.

Jessica Zigmond
Washington Bureau Chief
jzigmond@modernhealthcare.com
202-662-7215
Twitter: @MHjzigmond

Covers Medicare, HHS/CMS, quality improvement, patient safety and healthcare business news in the District of Columbia and Maryland. Background includes equities reporter at Reuters news service, Chicago. MSJ, Journalism, Northwestern University; BA, Political Science, St. Mary's College, South Bend, Ind. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2005.

Oversees copy desk and assists with production. Responsibilities include editing news stories and features. Background includes copy editor for Advertising Age, the Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, Ill., and the Daily Dispatch, Moline, Ill. BA, English, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2002.

Douglas Backstrom
Copy Editor
dbackstrom@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5344
Twitter: @MHdbackstrom

Supriya Doshi
Copy Editor
sdoshi@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5237
Twitter: @MHsdoshi

Edits copy. Background includes: copy editor, columnist and blogger for the RedEye, a publication owned by the Tribune Co. in Chicago. She has a Bachelor of Science in print journalism from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.

Eric Semelroth
Assistant Graphics Editor
esemelroth@modernhealthcare.com
312-649-5346
Twitter: @MHesemelroth

Assists in graphics, design, production and printing processes. Background includes editorial artist, Paddock Publications/the Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, Ill. Editorial cartoonist, the Lombardian and the Villa Park Review, Lombard, Ill. Master of Fine Arts degree, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.; B.A. in Fine Arts, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Joined Modern Healthcare in 2008.