Natalie Kitroeff is an economy reporter for The New York Times and a former Los Angeles Times reporter on California's economy until 2017. Prior to moving to Los Angeles, California, Natalie spent two years covering student debt and Higher education for Bloomberg.^[6]

I n 2012, Natalie started work at The Los Angeles Times as a researcher for Nicholas Kristof and Charles Blow in Opinion. But what she really wanted was to be a reporter, and when The Times declined to accommodate her ambitions, she left and went to Bloomberg. With an early career as an editorial assistant for Nicholas Kristof, Natalie then reported on business education at Bloomberg Businessweek, reported on higher education and student debt at Bloomberg and also wrote stories for Businessweek, including a feature with the headline, “Are Lawyers Getting Dumber?”^[3] While at Bloomberg, her work caught the attention of a Bloomberg editor named Ellen Pollock. Since then, Natalie has traveled across the country covering the trade war, the corporate tax cut and the government shutdown. She worked on a series of investigations on pregnancy discrimination in the workplace, was part of a team of reporters that produced groundbreaking work on the Boeing 737 Max debacle.

Natalie is about to head off on the assignment she dreamed of while watching Nick: She will be The New York Times next Mexico-based correspondent, where she will join a great team led by our bureau chief, Azam Ahmed.

Natalie also became a familiar presence as a sub for Michael Barbaro, hosting The Daily Caller when needed.

Natalie was a Loeb finalist for coverage of automation and blue-collar jobs and won two awards from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing for her work as part of a team of reporters covering immigration and farm labor.

Natalie Kitroeff was born outside of Philadelphia but currently resides in New York. Her mother, Anita Isaacs is a Political science professor at Haverford College. Anita once invited daughter, Natalie who was a senior in college, and Nick Casey, who worked at The Wall Street Journal to join her on a trip to Guatemala (Country) to speak with survivors of the country’s genocide. Both of them now report for The New York Times. ^[5]

She earned her Bachelor's degree from Princeton University.^[4]

Natalie can be reached on Twitter @Natalieekitro,^[1] and on facebook.^[2]

Natalie shared in one of her interviews that stays sane by watching reality TV, and her Super Bowl close encounter with some rowdy Eagles fans.^[7]