Hennessey named editorial director at Entrepreneur

Ray Hennessey, the former director of business news at Fox Business Network who lost his job earlier this year, has been hired as editorial director at Entrepreneur.

Hennessey is now managing editorial for the digital team of the monthly business magazine in New York.

“Great group of journalists here,” said Hennessey in an email to Talking Biz News on Tuesday afternoon. “I’m looking forward to it.”

Before joining Fox in 2007, Hennessey was the editor of SmartMoney.com, where he was responsible for all the financial editorial content, television operations and technology. He also had a weekly appearance on CBS News, providing financial commentary.

Prior to that stint, Hennessey was the news editor for Dow Jones & Co. and CNBC-Wall Street Journal Television from 1998 through early 2006. There, he managed the personal-finance and fund-industry coverage at Dow Jones Newswires and appeared on CNBC’s “Dow Jones Halftime Report,” as well as serving as a regular guest host of “Wake Up Call.” Additionally, Hennessey wrote the IPO Outlook column for The Wall Street Journal.

He began his career as a journalist for The Times in Trenton before becoming the managing editor of A.M. Best Co., where he oversaw BestWire and BestWeek, publications that covered the insurance industry.

Hennessey is a former board member of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.