CNBC.com hires Schwartz to cover political fundraising

Brian Schwartz

CNBC.com managing editor Jeff McCracken sent out the following announcement on Thursday:

I am pleased to announce Brian Schwartz will join CNBC.com as a reporter, covering the fundraising side of politics. He will write about where the money is coming from – and where it is going – as outsiders jockey to influence political races across the country. Brian will report to Mike Calia and join his growing politics team. He will be based in Englewood Cliffs.
Brian comes to CNBC from Fox Business, where he was a news producer for Charlie Gasparino since 2016. Previously, he worked at Fox News as a production assistant for the network’s dayside programming. Brian began his career as a production assistant at the NFL Network, responsible for producing game-day highlights each week.
Brian was born and raised in Briarcliff Manor, New York. He graduated from Dickinson College after providing play-by-play commentary for the lovable Red Devils’ football, basketball and baseball teams.
Brian will start in early April. Please say hello to him when he gets here.

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.