Taylor, former CNBC anchor and CNN biz correspondent, dies at 59

Felicia Taylor

Felicia Taylor, who was a CNBC anchor and covered business news for CNN, died Sept. 8 at the age of 59.

Taylor also worked at the Financial Times.

Shannon Donnelly of the Palm Beach Daily News writes, “A true child of Hollywood, her godfathers were John Wayne and John Ford.

“She was a graduate of Milton Academy and of Northwestern University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in English.

“After her career as a business correspondent for CNN and CNBC cable networks, and weekend anchor for WNBC in New York, Ms. Taylor followed the family trail into the film business and produced the acclaimed ‘Far From Home,’ a documentary examining the effect of climate change on the people of Senegal, particularly its children.”

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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.