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Patricia Waters

Patricia Waters

Business Editor · Reno

Patricia runs the business and economy desk from Reno. Her reporting career includes more than a decade covering business, finance, and labor at regional daily newspapers and a national business publication. She is the editor most likely to reach for the underlying numbers on a story and the one who insists on distinguishing what a company has actually announced from what its press release wants readers to think it announced.

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