Katie Roof is an American journalist based in San Francisco, California. She is reporter at The Wall Street Journal reporting on venture capital and startups. ^[1]

Roof completed her undergraduate studies at the University of California, San Diego, receiving a Bachelor's degree in economics and communication. She went on to attend Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, graduating with a Master's degree in business and economics journalism.

She also attended the University of Cambridge for a summer program in political economics and film.

She began her career as a researcher at Bloomberg News from January 2010 until September 2010. Roof assisted anchors and television producers with breaking news research, interview prep, social media, and planned guest segments.

She went on to join The Deal as a multimedia reporter where she interviewed CEOs and other financial newsmakers on camera at the New York Stock Exchange /NASDAQ, wrote about videos, and managed company social media accounts.

In February 2013, Roof joined Fox Business Network as a reporter where wrote stories and hosted videos on business and technology for FOXBusiness.com.

In October 2015, she joined TechCrunch as a senior writer and video host. She left in May 2018 to become a reporter at The Wall Street Journal.