Fox Business Network hires more reporters

Fox Business Network named Tracy Byrnes, Robert Gray and Ashley Webster as reporters, and named Elizabeth MacDonald as stocks editor, according to a Thursday release.

In making the announcement, Fox News executive vice president Kevin Magee said, “We are pleased to strengthen our coverage of worldwide business events, the markets and breaking news from the New York Stock Exchange with the addition of three reporters and a stocks editor.�

Byrnes has been a recurring guest on Fox News Channel, appearing on “Cavuto on Business,” “Cashin’ In,” “Bulls and Bears,” and “Your World with Neil Cavuto.” She previously served as a morning business correspondent for Fox affiliates in New York, Chicago and Washington D.C., among other cities. Earlier, Byrnes was a senior writer for TheStreet.com and a freelance reporter for The New York Post.

Gray, who will serve as a reporter based at the New York Stock Exchange, joins Fox Business from Bloomberg Television where he has held various roles as a reporter at the NYSE, weekend anchor and assistant producer since 1999. Before joining Bloomberg, Gray was a producer and writer for nationally syndicated radio programs and an announcer for C-SPAN.

MacDonald, who will serve as a stocks editor, joins from her role as senior editor at Forbes magazine. Before joining Forbes, MacDonald was a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal and prior to that, she was a financial editor for Worth magazine.

Webster, who will serve as a London-based reporter, was previously the anchor of the nightly newscast on WZTV-TV (Fox) in Nashville, Tenn. Prior to that he anchored newscasts for WGBA-TV (NBC) in Green Bay, Wisc., and KWST-TV (CBS) in Yuma, Ariz. Webster has also spent six years working in the banking sector in London.