Bartiromo's business news reading habits

CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo says in an interview with England’s The Independent that she reads The Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal and some of the New York papers. She also reads Yahoo Finance and Bloomberg online, as well as the Drudge Report.

Here are some more excepts from the Q&A:

What is the best thing about your job?

I have an ability to interview business people and executives from around the world. Since I came back from the World Economic Forum in Davos (in January) I must have spoken to 1,500 people about different aspects of the economy. I love finding out what people are thinking when it comes to business.

And the worst?

I’m constantly on deadline and it can get very stressful. Today I was up at 5am because I did an appearance on the Today show on NBC and went down to the New York Stock Exchange and talked about the federal reserve and inflation. That was over at 8am and I’m on my way now to interview someone for my Business Week column. I don’t go to the CNBC studios until 11am because my show, Closing Bell, airs at 3pm. Every day varies.

What’s the proudest achievement in your working life?

I have real relationships with people. Because of those relationships, if a company’s in crisis I can access that person and educate shareholders and employers as to what’s happening. I think that the viewers trust that when I have top people in business on I’m going to ask the right questions.

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