Esther Wickham of The Empire State Tribune profiled CNBC space reporter Michael Sheetz.
Wickham writes, “Still looking for that specific thing Sheetz could call his own, he asked his editor if he could cover SpaceX launches that were happening over the weekend. He quickly realized that this $470 billion industry was not getting enough coverage.
“‘[There is this] substantial existing industry where new companies created in the last 20 years are changing the game, some of them backed by billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos and no one here is writing about it,’ Sheetz said.
“He continued to pitch space stories to his editors and started covering the beat full-time.
“Though space is a broad topic, Sheetz focuses explicitly on the business and investing side.”
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