CNBC Make it names Leibowitz senior director of video

Jessica Leibowitz

Jessica Leibowitz has been named senior director of video for CNBC Make It.

She previously was a senior producer, launching the new online courses venture “Smarter” and the TV show “Unlocked” in 2024.

She received a Webby Honoree in 2020 for her work producing the popular series “Millennial Money.” Leibowitz was previously a senior producer for Mashable, focused on emerging platforms and original series on YouTube and Facebook Watch. In addition, she ran the video departments at both Gothamist and Serious Eats.

She is a graduate of Boston University.

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.