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Former Money reporter Leonhardt joins CNBC Make It

Megan Leonhardt

Former Money reporter Megan Leonhardt has started work at CNBC on the Make It team as a senior money reporter.

“I’m really excited to join this amazing team, and I’m really looking forward to the exciting new possibilities,” said Leonhardt in an email.

Leonhardt had been at the personal finance magazine since April 2016, covering consumer protection issues and financial policy for both print and digital audiences, as well as leading many of Money’s data projects such as Best Banks, Best Cell Phone Plans, Best Career Skills and Best Meal Kits for Your Money.

She also helped to produce much of Money’s travel coverage, including the annual Best in Travel package.

Before Money, she was a senior editor and associate editor for WealthManagement.com. She also worked as a reporter for Law360.com.

She is a graduate of Ohio University.

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.

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