Nathan Crooks

About Nathan Crooks

Nathan Crooks is Houston Bureau Chief at Reuters, covering the heart of the U.S. oil and gas industry. He has also reported from Venezuela extensively, in addition to South Florida.Before Reuters, Nathan was a Miami-based journalist and editor involved in building out a digital newsroom at a Latin America-focused brokerage and was US Managing Editor at The Block. Before that, he spent 12 years at Bloomberg News, where he reported and edited stories worldwide with more than a decade in Latin America as a foreign correspondent and bureau chief. Nathan completed an MBA at American University in Washington, D.C. and holds a bachelor\'s degree from the University of Toronto, where he specialized in political science and Latin American studies. Prior to returning to the U.S. in early 2017, Nathan was the Caracas Bureau Chief in Venezuela for Bloomberg and spent six years covering the political and economic crisis in the country and its impact on bonds, currency and oil. He was previously an energy and commodities reporter with Bloomberg in Caracas and Santiago de Chile.Nathan previously led coverage of the energy and oil sectors for Business News Americas (BNamericas) in Santiago, where he started out as an energy reporter covering Chile, Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela. He previously was Editor of The Santiago Times, Chile\'s then only English-language news daily, where he wrote stories and oversaw a staff of aspiring journalists.Nathan has done numerous TV and radio interviews with outlets including Bloomberg, NPR and the BBC and has moderated panels in both English and Spanish. He has covered many of the region\'s biggest stories over the past years including the 8.8 mega earthquake in Chile, the rescue of the 33 miners in northern Chile, the death of former President Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and the subsequent economic and social collapse during the era of Nicolas Maduro. He\'s interviewed presidents, government ministers and CEOs. In Florida, he covered the state legislature and governor, and reported on Miami\'s burgeoning tech and finance scenes. Nathan is a native of Clarion, Pennsylvania, and he\'s studied in Australia, Venezuela, Mexico, and the Czech Republic. He was a Rotary exchange student to Caracas. Nathan speaks fluent English and Spanish.

Experience

1. Houston Bureau Chief, Reuters

   Thomson Reuters

   Aug 2025 — Present · Houston, TX, US

Education

• University of Toronto

  Honours Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Spanish

• The Kiski School

  High School Diploma

• American University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

Skills

• Newspaper
• Research
• International Relations
• Portuguese
• Spanish
• Editing
• Social Media
• Public Relations
• Corporate Communications
• Marketing Communications
• Latin America
• Politics
• Journalism
• English
• Energy