Precious metals site Kitco News hires Makori as editor in chief

Kitco News, which covers the precious metals industry, has hired Michelle Makori as editor-in-chief and lead anchor.

Makori is based in New York and will manage all Kitco News editorial operations.

“I’m thrilled to welcome Michelle to the Kitco News team,” said Kitco media director John Dourekas in a statement. “We aim to deliver information that empowers our global audiences to take control of their investment decisions by passionately delivering fast, accurate, unbiased, and accessible information. Michelle, with her wide-ranging news broadcast background and business reporting acumen, was the ideal candidate to lead the Kitco News team.”

Makori was most recently lead anchor and editor-in-chief at i24News, a news channel. She hosted the i24News flagship show “ClearCut with Michelle Makori.” Makori was hired in late 2016 to set-up the U.S. division of i24News and helped launch the live broadcast operations in February 2017.

She also worked as a reporter for CNN Money and as a news anchor for Bloomberg TV. She has also been a featured guest on Fox Business.

Before joining Bloomberg TV and moving to New York in 2005, Makori was one of the main anchors and producers for SABC Africa Television, based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and broadcasting throughout the African Continent.

“Growing up in Johannesburg, South Africa, you could say I have a natural affinity for precious metals,” she said. “At the age of seven, I visited my first gold mine. My family has been involved in the mining sector, so commodities are in my blood.”