New Nightly Business Report set unveiled

The new “Nightly Business Report” show on public television — now produced by CNBC — will air its first show on Monday.

As part of the first show under CNBC’s watch, billionaire investor Warren Buffett answers questions from viewers.

Also on the show tonight will be an examination of the first business day with the sequester budget cuts in full effect. The segment will analyze the impact on various sectors and on Americans with California Congressman Ed Royce and Delaware Gov. Jack Markell.

And, the show kicks off a week-long series “In Focus: The American Recovery.”

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.