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Kelly Evans is winner at CNBC with Bartiromo departure

Julia LaRoche of Business Insider writes about CNBC‘s Kelly Evans, who will take over for Maria Bartiromo when the latter leaves next week after 20 years at the business news network.

LaRoche writes, “She’s insanely knowledgeable about markets and economics, putting her a cut above a lot of the talent that appears on TV.

“According to a network statement, Evans will be the host on an ‘interim basis’ with Bill Griffeth of ‘Closing Bell’ at 3 p.m. ET.

“Evans, 28, joined CNBC in early 2012 from The Wall Street Journal.

“While at The Journal, she worked as an economics reporter. She also wrote the ‘Ahead of the Tape’ column and hosted the daily ‘News Hub.’

“Evans began her career at CNBC in the London bureau before quickly being brought back stateside for ‘Squawk on the Street.’

“She’s been a standout at CNBC. She would frequently anchor ‘Closing Bell’ when Bartiromo was away.

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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.