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Hansen among the layoffs at BNN Bloomberg

Jacqueline Hansen

Jacqueline Hansen, the host of “The Close” at BNN Bloomberg in Canada, was among the layoffs at the news organization on Thursday due to cuts by Bell Media

The show aired weekdays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.  Hansen joined in 2022.

Hansen previously served as a senior business reporter for CBC News, covering the day’s major business stories on the network’s various national programs.

Her career in journalism began in 2010 as a producer for CBC’s flagship business program, “The Exchange.”

Hansen graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from York University and a diploma in broadcast journalism from Seneca College.

BNN Bloomberg, a collaboration between Bell Media and Bloomberg Media, launched in Canada in April 2018.

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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