Leah Nylen

June 24, 2022

Antitrust reporter Leah Nylen has been with Bloomberg News since April of this year. Before joining Bloomberg, Leah covered antitrust and investigations for Politico Pro. Leah spent eight years covering antitrust at MLex prior.

She has also worked for Bloomberg and Congressional Quarterly and was selected as an Abe Journalist Fellow in 2014 for a reporting project in Japan on price-fixing cartels and cartel deterrence policies. Leah holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree from Northwestern University.

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