Katie Reilly is a reporter and editor in New York City. She is currently an editor at Investopedia, where she works on publishing financial explainers related to trading and investing. ​

 

She has covered national news and education issues for Reuters and TIME magazine, including cover stories on teacher strikes and the pandemic's devastating effect on college enrollment. Her reporting has included a range of topics, from politics and policy to business, culture, and breaking news.

 

She previously covered state politics for the Raleigh News & Observer and social trends for Pew Research Center.

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She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she majored in English and political science, minored in business journalism, and learned to love journalism as managing editor of the Daily Tar Heel.