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Albuquerque Journal welcomes two new business reporters
Aug. 4—The Albuquerque Journal, New Mexico's largest newspaper, has welcomed two new business reporters whose coverage will span the economy, health care, technology and energy sectors.
Natalie Robbins, who will focus on the economy and health care, comes to the Journal from the Tucson Sentinel, where she served as the news outlet's creative community solutions reporter. Hannah García, whose byline has appeared in the Journal over the past two months as a Dow Jones News Fund intern on the business desk, will cover energy and technology.
"We're excited to have Natalie and Hannah on board," Journal Business Editor Matthew Narvaiz said. "These coverage areas are some of the state's most consequential — shaping how New Mexicans live, work and access critical services — and their reporting will help illuminate the challenges and opportunities ahead as the state navigates rapid change."
At the Sentinel, Robbins covered local politics, housing, health care and incarceration. As a staff writer on the business desk, Robbins will cover everything from large-scale expansions to the local economic effects — both good and bad — of President Donald Trump's second term. She will also cover stories encompassing New Mexico's massive Medicaid program and the ongoing worker and physician shortages.
Since starting at the Journal in mid-July, Robbins has reported on how residents in Ruidoso have been left to shoulder the cost of water damage without flood insurance and how New Mexicans are being priced out of the housing market.
Robbins, a native of Tucson, Arizona, graduated from the University of Arizona with a bachelor's degree in creative writing in 2018. She worked in New York City for several years before attaining her master's degree from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York in 2024.
"I love the Southwest and am thrilled to be here in Albuquerque covering the state's health care system and economy at such a pivotal time," Robbins said.
García, who graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Arlington in May, has been covering general assignment business news for the Journal since June. She was previously the managing editor at her student newspaper, The Shorthorn.
Her stories at the Journal have ranged from how high cocoa prices are affecting local businesses to getting the scoop on Intel layoffs at the company's Rio Rancho plant. Her work now will focus on the state's tech ecosystem and the growing energy demand.
"I'm so grateful for this opportunity," García, a native of Midlothian, Texas, said. "I can't wait to dive head-first into tech and energy coverage."
You can send Robbins tips at nrobbins@ and by phone at (505) 823-3907. You can reach García at hgarcia@ and (505) 823-3920.
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