Fox Business host Duffy named transportation secretary

Sean Duffy

President-elect Donald Trump has named Fox Business show host Sean Duffy as his transportation secretary.

Greg Wehner of Fox News reports, “Duffy joined FOX News Media as a contributor in 2020. He served as the co-host of FOX Business’ The Bottom Line alongside Dagen McDowell. He also provided political analysis across all FOX News Media platforms.

“Shortly after the announcement, a spokesperson for Fox News Media released the following statement: ‘Sean Duffy provided valuable insights and analysis in co-hosting the FOX Business Network program The Bottom Line. As Duffy departs FOX News Media effective today, we wish him the best of luck in his return to Washington. Moving forward, The Bottom Line will continue with Dagen McDowell joined by rotating co-hosts.’

“While in Congress, Duffy helped advocate for fiscal responsibility, economic growth and rural development.”

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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.