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Hennessey named managing editor of Fox Business Channel website

Ray Hennessey has been named managing editor and director for the Fox Business Channel website, announced Kevin Magee, executive vice president of FoxÂ News. Reporting directly to Magee, Hennessey will oversee all editorial content and design function of the website.

The website is expected to launch later this fall when the channel launches.

In making the announcement, Magee said, â€œRay has a renowned background in this industry, with a proven track record of journalistic integrity and keen news judgment. We are thrilled heâ€™ll be joining us in this new venture.â€?

Hennessey, a veteran in business journalism Internet operations, 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 CNBCâ€™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 also a board member of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.

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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Michael Le Du says:
August 3, 2007 at 3:27 am
I would like to correct your statement that Ray was responsible for Technology at SmartMoney. Although the tech group works closely with the editorial department, Ray did not have any technology responsibilities at SmartMoney.com