The New York Post’s Tim Arango is reporting in Sunday’s newspaper that Fortune magazine’s Julia Boorstin is leaving the magazine for a position at CNBC.
“The show, which the net work describes as focused on ‘where the business world in tersects popular culture,’ has quickly become a savior for the network, whose ratings are down substantially from their highs during the Internet bubble.”
Boorstin’s recent features included “Reviving J.Crew: Mickey Drexler’s Second Coming,” “Immigration: Illegal Entrepreneurs,” “Disney’s ‘Tween Machine,” and “Whole Foods: No Preservatives, No Unions, Lots of Dough”. She also wrote regular pieces for Fortune’s First and Investor sections, as well as the ‘This Just In’ column. Once a week, she wrote the Street Life column for www.fortune.com.
Boorstin has also appeared weekly on CNN Headline News and occasionally on other business television and radio shows.
In 2003 and 2004 she was named to TJFR’s “30 Under 30” list of the most important business journalists under 30 years old. She has also worked for the State Department’s delegation to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (O.E.C.D.) and for Vice President Gore’s Domestic Policy office.
Boorstin joined Fortune in July 2000. She has a bachelor’s in history from Princeton, where she was an editor on The Daily Princetonian.
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I have enjoyed Ms Boorstin on CNBC... She brings a wonderful vitality to OTM, along with the other appearences she has made.
Great choice CNBC, and good luck Ms Boorstin.
Sincerely,
Bill Hotze
Charlotte NC
Julia is as gorgeous as she is brilliant. I absolutely love watching her on CNBC.
Julia is an excellent journalist though I can hardly see her on TV here in Austria. All the best to you Julia !!!
Regards from old Austria and remember Florence, Italy
Johannes
I think she comes across sweet but is not too bright. This woman is probably not ready for television...especially national. She should go back to the print world.