Fox Biz’s all-female cast knows their stuff

Christopher Zara of the International Business Times interviewed Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo about her first year at the network and her career.

Here is an excerpt:

IBTimes: Gender parity is an issue in business and journalism. You have the only all-female cast on business television. Can you talk about your efforts to open up the field to more women?

Bartiromo: Being a woman on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in the early days was not easy. Now I’m not a cry baby about this. I feel like it should always be based on performance, and it just so happens the performance of the women on [“Opening Bell”] every morning is outstanding. We have people like Sandra Smith, who has a background in commodities; her family were all commodities traders or investors. We have somebody like Jo Ling Kent, who is becoming an expert in social media and technology. We have Elizabeth MacDonald, who has a background on Wall Street. So these women come to work every day, being in television with a business background. So, yeah, we have an all-women cast. I’m proud of that. Because I think that women for a long time have had a hard time on Wall Street. I feel very proud that I have been able to be on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, grow up in business. But these things don’t just happen. It’s not just a coincidence. I worked really hard in a number of ways, not just learning and making sure that I knew my stuff, but also being able to stand my ground in a sea of suits.

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