Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Urbina ya kasance mai ba da rahoto ne a farkon "Times" Metro desk. A shekara ta 2005, Urbina ya koma "The Times" National Desk don zama shugaban ofishin Mid-Atlantic, inda ya rufe bala'in hakar kwal na West Virginia, da zubar da man fetur na Gulf
, da Virginia Tech harbe-harbe da kuma sauran labarai. Ya kuma yi rubutu mai yawa game da batutuwan shari'ar laifi, gami da labaran game da amfani da fursunoni don gwaje-gwajen magunguna, fursunonin baƙi da ke aiki a matsayin ma'aikata marasa albashi, keɓewa a wuraren tsare baƙi, da kuma dogaro da Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta Amurka kan aikin kurkuku. Ya zama babban mai ba da rahoto na bincike ga National Desk a 2010, inda ya rubuta jerin a cikin 2011, "Ragewa", game da masana'antar mai da gas da fracking.