Ruth Reader is a reporter at POLITICO covering the intersection of health care and technology. Before joining POLITICO, she worked at Fast Company, where she spent six years as a reporter covering tech companies and startups. She has also worked as a reporter at VentureBeat, Mic.com and the late Baltimore City Paper, as well as a producer for New York Public Radio, Voice of America in D.C. and CBS Baltimore. She is now based in New York.