What Bloomberg TV’s Lacqua learned from her journalist father

Francine Lacqua

Russell Sherman of Press Profiles interviewed Bloomberg Television anchor Francine Lacqua about her career.

Lacqua’s father was a journalist who was stationed in the United States, Russia and France. “He always made me part of the conversation,” she said.

She learned work ethic from her father. “He never got tired about talking about stories,” she said. “He is still intense, even now.”

Interviewing President Bill Clinton early in her career made her realize the importance of listening to answers and asking follow-up questions based on what is said.

Lacqua said she once chased a chief executive officer for four years before he agreed to an on-the-air interview. She researches months in advance, sometimes, before an interview.

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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.