Susanne Craig - The New York Times

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What I Cover

I strive for reporting that is impactful, holds the powerful to account and exposes wrongdoing. In recent years I have been focused on the finances of politicians, notably President Donald J. Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

My Background

At college I volunteered at the student paper. I loved it and immediately knew I wanted to be a reporter. I am Canadian and have worked at a handful of newspapers in Canada, including The Globe and Mail. I later moved to New York and eventually joined The Wall Street Journal. I have been at The Times since 2010.

For much of my career I was a business reporter, covering the culture and the goings on inside big companies and Wall Street firms. In 2014 I moved to Albany, N.Y., to cover the state government.

Since 2016, my reporting has centered on the finances of Mr. Trump. That year someone anonymously mailed me three pages of his 1995 tax returns. My colleagues and I were able to confirm they were real, and The Times published a story showing he reported a $916 million loss that year. We then decided to examine the origins of his wealth and found he received a vast inheritance from his father, one he enhanced through tax fraud. We won a Pulitzer Prize for that investigation. In 2020 I was part of a team of reporters who obtained decades of Mr. Trump’s corporate and personal tax return data.

I am the co-author, with my colleague Russ Buettner, of “Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered his Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success.”

I grew up in Calgary, Canada, and I received a bachelor’s in political science and government from the University of Calgary.

Journalistic Ethics

I am committed to upholding the standards of integrity that are outlined in our Ethical Journalism Handbook. I strive to be accurate and fair, and make every effort to understand issues from multiple angles.

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