Arathy writes about the North America energy sector and focuses on oil and gas producers, refiners and pipeline companies. She covers the boom and bust of crude oil prices and the consequences on companies, the sector and communities. She also writes about the renewable energy sector, utilities and metal mining companies.
Before the energy beat, Arathy worked with the breaking news, sending short 150 character, tweet-like alerts about U.S. companies and markets. At the time, she also covered the U.S. technology, media and telecom sector, writing about companies including Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Disney .
Hired by Reuters in 2014, she has written about the bankrupt solar company SunEdison's saga, the various ways employed by oil producers to cope with crude below $50 a barrel, the New York Times' strategy at a time when print media is disappearing and followed Facebook as it rolled out "reactions."