Categories: OLD Media Moves

Francis to make Fox Business debut on Monday

Mediaite is reporting late Friday that Melissa Francis, who left CNBC late last year, is scheduled to make her Fox Business Network debut on Monday.

Mediaite reports, “Mediaite readers might remember her for this crackling exchange with Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough, in which she chided him for his dismissive attitude toward the disruptive potential of the Occupy Wall Street protesters.

“Francis earned the nickname ‘Empress of Energy’ for her coverage, on CNBC, of oil and commodities. When she joined CNBC in 2003, she was the first reporter to broadcast live from the floor of New York Mercantile Exchange, providing live hourly reports for the network and distinguishing herself as the foremost expert on commodities.

“Before joining CNBC, Francis was a correspondent for CNET’s broadcast unit, where she covered finance, technology and consumer products. Prior to CNET, Francis served as a reporter for News 12 New Jersey and an anchor for various New England television stations in Hartford, Manchester, and Providence. She also served as producer for WCSH-TV in Portland, Maine, and researcher for the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour. Francis holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Harvard University.”

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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.