BBC hires Gupta in New York as business correspondent

Ritika Gupta

The BBC has hired reporter Ritika Gupta as a North America business correspondent in New York.

She will provide live coverage and analysis of economics and business news and anchor a daily TV business show.

Previously she was an on-air reporter and producer for Bloomberg Television, covering business, the economy and financial markets news.

Gupta graduated from the University College London with a BSC degree in Economics. She obtained her Master’s degree in Broadcast Journalism from City University London with a distinction.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.