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BNN Bloomberg anchor Kanwar is departing

Amber Kanwar

Amber Kanwar, an anchor for BNN Bloomberg in Canada, is departing at the end of the week.

Kanwar is an anchor and reporter appearing on “The Open” and “The Disruptors.”

She a homegrown product of the BNN Bloomberg newsroom, working her way up from intern, to segment producer, and now to anchor. She specializes in equity markets and is constantly seeking out stocks that are flying under the radar and trends that are about to emerge, while curating research to make this information accessible to viewers.

Kanwar has interviewed CEOs from across Canada’s C-Suite, including BlackBerry’s John Chen, Manulife’s Don Guloien, and Ontario Teacher’s Pension Plan’s Jim Leech.

Prior to joining BNN Bloomberg, Kanwar completed her master of journalism degree at Ryerson University. Her master’s thesis was an investigative story into the fertility industry that broke a national scandal and appeared on the front page of the Globe and Mail.

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.

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