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TheStreet hires Schaffler from Reuters

TheStreet.com has hired Rhonda Schaffler as anchor of TheStreet TV and editor-at-large to TheStreet.com.

Schaffler was with Reuters News, where she recently served as an anchor, correspondent and producer for Reuters Insider, one of the organization’s financial video products.

As editor-at-large, Schaffler will contribute enterprise articles and write a weekly syndicated column for TheStreet’s distribution partners. As part of her responsibilities for TheStreet TV, Schaffler will interview newsmakers, such as Warren Buffett, and other well-known CEOs.

Schaffler and TheStreet’s co-founder Jim Cramer will have a weekly segment called, “Perspectives from TheStreet.” Schaffler will also anchor a weekly show that is currently in development.

“We’re excited to have someone of Rhonda’s caliber join our growing video team,” said head of video Ruben Ramirez in a statement. “Rhonda understands what it takes to tell a truly engaging story while maintaining exceptional standards of journalism.”

Schaffler has more than 20 years of experience as a broadcast financial journalist for global organizations including Bloomberg, Dow Jones & CNN. She has reported on a wide variety of topics, including wealth management, investment strategy, commodities and energy, the economy, and politics.

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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