Natasha Bertrand

Natasha Bertrand (born May 12, 1992) is an American journalist who is a Pentagon correspondent for CNN covering national security.

Early life and career
Bertrand attended Vassar College and the London School of Economics, where she double-majored in political science and philosophy and graduated in 2014.

Bertrand began her career at Business Insider as an intern in 2014 before being appointed as a political correspondent mainly covering US foreign policy and national security. During her time at Business Insider she also reported on the Steele dossier. American journalist Erik Wemple criticised Bertrand and wrote that she gave undue credibility to the dossier.

Bertrand joined The Atlantic as a staff writer in February 2018; shortly thereafter, was named a political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC.

Bertrand became a national security reporter for Politico in 2019. She was among the writers covering the US intelligence community and the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump. She was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list in December 2020.

Bertrand broke the story that more than 50 CIA officials signed a letter stating their opinion that emails purportedly written by Hunter Biden "had all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."

Bertrand joined CNN as a White House reporter covering national security in April 2021. She was promoted to Pentagon correspondent in 2023.

On September 27, 2023, Bertrand and her team won an Emmy for their breaking news coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.