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Reuters has hired Kate Masters to cover U.S. specialty retailers.
She previously worked as the state health and education reporter for the Virginia Mercury, an affiliate of States Newsroom.
In 2022, she was awarded Outstanding Young Journalist of the Year from the Virginia Press Association for her work during the COVID-19 pandemic, including a series of stories documenting Virginia’s lagging vaccine rollout and hoarding of doses by hospitals across the state. VPA also recognized her reporting on struggling state-funded mental hospitals, a particular passion of mine.
She also have a strong background in lifestyle journalism and won awards for her feature writing at The Frederick (Virginia) News-Post, where she worked as a food critic.
Her writing has appeared in The Trace, the Atlantic, Vice, Women’s Health and The Guardian. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri.
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