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From fashion shows to CEO interviews for Bloomberg’s Lacqua

Rebecca Parker of Kettle magazine interviewed Bloomberg Television anchor Francine Lacqua about her career.

Here is an excerpt:

What’s a typical day for you? (How busy/varied/challenging?)

I’m usually in the office by 5:30am, read up on the news, discuss the news flow with my producers, get my hair and make-up done and read up on what’s happening on social media. I’m on air from 9am-11am and then do interviews during the day, go to events and have lunches with my contacts. My days are very different – they can range from going to a Burberry fashion show, listening to Barack Obama at a press conference at Downing Street or interviewing a bank CEO at Canary Wharf. I don’t really have a typical day, and often finish late when I attend events or dinners. I try to limit my evening dos to three times a week, so I spend some family time with my two boys and husband.

Read more here.

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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