Categories: OLD Media Moves

From opera to business journalism

Billy Gray of HauteLiving.com profiles Bloomberg Television anchor Trish Regan and writes about how she made the transition from wanting to be an opera singer to business journalism.

Gray writes, “Any rear view glances are limited to opera house visits as Regan happily travels the world as a business journalist. An alumnus of CBS News and CNBC, Regan has reported from some of the most dangerous places on earth like Medellín, Colombia and the Tri-Border region of Paraguay for investigative pieces on extreme emerging markets, piracy and terrorism. Regan’s 2009 CNBC special, Marijuana Inc.: Inside America’s Pot Industry, nabbed the anchor a Best Documentary Emmy nomination and drew 38 million viewers, making it the highest-rated show in the channel’s history.

“Currently, Regan and Adam Johnson cohost Bloomberg TV’s Street Smart, which each afternoon monitors and analyzes the stock market close and prepares investors for the next morning’s opening bell. Bloomberg Pursuits, Regan’s one-hour special on the out-of-office hobbies of global business titans including Richard Branson and Ronald Lauder, debuted October 15.

“When we met with Regan at the Street Smart set, she’d recently returned from maternity leave after giving birth to her third child, Jamie, in July. (Regan and her husband, James Ben, also have two-year-old twin daughters, Alexandra and Elizabeth.) Motherhood does give her pause about those high-risk jobs in Medellín. ‘I don’t think I’ve ever been reckless, but I wouldn’t be truthful if I said my responsibility to my kids didn’t make me think twice,’ she said.

“Regan approaches all assignments diligently, whether they bring her to bleak crisis spots or, as Pursuits did, Branson’s 105-foot catamaran, the Necker Belle. ‘At the end of the day it’s about reporting a good story,’ she said. ‘If it means being in some hellhole God knows where, great. And, yes, if you want to take me to Necker Island and put me on a yacht for thirty-six hours off the coast of the Dominican Republic to swim with whales and drink champagne, great! They’re equally challenging, and equally fun.'”