CNN has hired Caitlin McCabe to be a business editor in its London newsroom.
She has been at The Wall Street Journal covering hedge funds and other big investors. Previously, she was a reporter for the Journal in New York. There, she focused on individual investors and their growing influence on financial markets.
She helped lead coverage of the 2021 meme-stock mania and the rise of trading platforms such as Robinhood. Her work on the subject won the Gerald Loeb Award for breaking news and a Front Page Award from the Newswomen’s Club of New York.
McCabe previously worked at The Philadelphia Inquirer. She is a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate.
