Bloomberg TV’s O’Leary joins CNN

Former Bloomberg Television reporter Lizzie O’Leary will join CNN in the newly-created aviation and regulation correspondent position, announced Sam Feist, CNN Washington bureau chief and senior vice president.

O’Leary will report on U.S. transportation, including air, rail, maritime and space, in addition to covering the agencies in Washington that have a daily impact on the lives of Americans.

“Lizzie brings to the beat everything we’re looking for,” said Feist in a statement. “She is a smart and experienced reporter, and I look forward to Lizzie joining our ranks as we expand reporting out of the Washington bureau.”

At Bloomberg Television, she was D.C.-based correspondent covering politics and economic policy. In that role, she reported on the global credit crisis, the housing market and the government’s financial rescue package. In 2010, she interviewed U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during a trip to Mumbai, India. She was also first to break the news that major American automaker Chrysler would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Previously, O’Leary was producer and reporter for National Public Radio. She got her start in journalism at ABC News, where she was a member of the Peabody Award-winning team that covered the terror attacks of Sept. 11.

O’Leary earned her master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and graduated cum laude with her bachelor’s degree from Williams College.