Karey Van Hall is the Washington news editor and deputy bureau chief for Reuters News. She oversees breaking news coverage on politics, foreign policy, and regulatory matters. She also directly manages a group of six reporters who focus on Wall Street regulation.

Karey joined Reuters in 2004, combing through Securities and Exchange Commission filings. She was the Washington bureau’s bank regulation reporter during the financial crisis of 2007-2009, and closely covered U.S. policy and Wall Street as the government bailed out the financial system. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where she majored in journalism and minored in business.