Kaustuv Basu is a senior enterprise reporter covering big-picture stories for the Bloomberg Industry Group and additional Bloomberg publications. As a reporter-at-large, he writes explanatory and investigative pieces.

In 2023, he was the lead reporter on a series of stories on the Camp Lejeune toxic water contamination lawsuits. The project was a year-long effort to investigate, demystify and highlight critical facets of a government program aimed at providing compensation to hundreds of thousands injured U.S. military veterans. Basu's sustained and impactful coverage was repeatedly cited by lawyers, veterans, their advocates, congressional members and federal judges, leading to efforts to expedite settlements for veterans, many of whom are terminally ill.

Previously, as a reporter covering the U.S. Congress, he wrote stories on tax policy and politics. Basu covered the passage of the 2017 federal tax bill, the largest tax legislation passed in three decades; exposed tax shelters that cost the government billions of dollars; and reported on an ego battle between senators that held up the passage of a crucial tax treaty. 

Basu honed his reporting chops as a crime, courts and enterprise reporter for Florida Today/USA Today Network. He has received journalism awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Florida Press Club and the Education Writers Association.
He holds a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.