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Crunchbase News reporter Mascarenhas to join TechCrunch

Natasha Mascarenhas

Natasha Mascarenhas, a reporter covering venture capital and startups in Silicon Valley and beyond for Crunchbase, will be leaving the company to join TechCrunch covering the same beat.

Her new job begins next month.

Previously, she was a business reporting intern for the San Francisco Chronicle and SFGATE. Before that, she was with Boston Globe Media working as an audience engagement intern and business desk intern. There, she helped initiate and design a new internship program for the audience engagement field. She also pitched, reported and wrote over 40 stories, including a scoop of a Boston-based home security company dealing with allegations of bed bug infestations.

She also served as an editorial intern at BostInno and held the posts of business editor and collegiate correspondent at The Daily Free Press and USA Today, respectively. Additionally, she was a news intern at Spare Change News and worked as a staff reporter at Swimming World Magazine.

Mascarenhas has a degree in journalism from Boston University.

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