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Portrait of Kate Kelly

Kate Kelly

I look for ways to shine a light on the inner workings of policy and governance. If there are significant amounts of capital or lever-pulling shaping political, legislative or regulatory outcomes, I’m interested.

I tackle a wide array of topics. In recent years, I’ve covered aviation lobbying, infrastructure policy, the political and commercial ties that bind the U.S. and Persian Gulf countries and the way politicians and special-interest groups are trying to shape abortion access across a 50-state patchwork of differing laws.

I was born and raised in Washington, D.C., and attended college in New York City, where I have spent most of my professional life. I began my career as an intern at The New York Observer, where I covered real estate, social and metro news, then joined The Wall Street Journal, where I spent 10 years reporting on the markets and Wall Street. I also wrote about the inner workings of Hollywood for two years in the Journal’s Los Angeles bureau.

My first book, “Street Fighters,” an account of the last 72 hours of Bear Stearns — the first bank to collapse during the financial crisis — was published in 2009. My second book, “The Secret Club that Runs the World,” a look at the fraternity of commodity traders that influence the prices of oil and other products, was published five years later. In 2010, I joined CNBC as an on-air reporter covering banks and hedge funds.

I joined The Times in 2017 to write about Wall Street and have reported on powerful firms like Goldman Sachs, Citadel and Blackstone. The following year, my coverage of the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation hearings inspired my third book, “The Education of Brett Kavanaugh,” co-authored with Robin Pogrebin.

I joined the Washington bureau in 2021. I remain a contributor at CNBC and am working on a novel in my spare time. I practice vinyasa yoga and am learning Krav Maga.

All Times journalists are committed to upholding the standards of integrity outlined in our Ethical Journalism Handbook. As a longtime Wall Street reporter, I have kept all my investments in a managed 401(k). I do not hold stock in any of the companies I cover or have covered in the past. I do not give political donations and am a registered independent.

My sources, and our readers, are elemental to what I do. I honor the ground rules that my sources and I have agreed to and I go to great lengths to protect their privacy. I listen to the feedback that our readers give, reviewing their comments and responding to them as I am able. While I have personal opinions and life experiences like anybody else, I approach every story with an open mind and a willingness — desire, even — to be surprised. I usually am.

The best way to get in touch with me is on email. I can also be contacted on voice call, text, Signal or WhatsApp at +1-646-357-2565. For privacy, I suggest the latter two channels, which are end-to-end encrypted. I am present on social networks but don’t check them very frequently. The best network to connect with me on is LinkedIn.

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