Katie Burke is an award-winning staff writer for CoStar News. With more than 10 years or journalism experience, Burke has covered commercial real estate in some of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing markets, including San Francisco, Silicon Valley, San Antonio and Austin. A San Francisco-born native, she is now based in the Bay Area and covers the region’s plethora of global tech giants and their impact on the national commercial real estate market.

Prior to joining CoStar in early 2020, Burke worked for a number of newspapers including the San Francisco Business Times and the San Antonio Business Journal, and her work has been published in outlets such as The Seattle Times, the Austin Business Journal, the Silicon Valley Business Journal, among others. Her coverage has won several awards from the National Association of Real Estate Editors and the California News Publishers Association for breaking and feature news. Burke is a graduate of the University of Washington in Seattle, where she holds a double major in journalism and art history. When she isn’t reporting, you can find her on a hiking trail, paddleboard or trying to become a better gardener.