Title NYC Bureau Chief & Money Section Editor Company USA TODAY Bio Laura Petrecca is USA Today’s New York City bureau chief and editor of its Money section. She is an award-winning journalist with extensive writing, editing, social media and video experience. Previously, Laura was the Sunday business editor at the New York Post. Earlier in her career, she held editorial positions at the health magazine Prevention and the advertising trade publication Advertising Age. Laura has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Maryland and a master's degree in journalism, as well as a certificate in business and economics, from Columbia University.