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Kate Rooney Biography
Kate Rooney, an American journalist, is a technology reporter for CNBC based in New York City. Before that, she was a news intern at Bloomberg Television, a general assignment reporter at The Argentina Independent, and a reporter at Medill News Service.
Kate Rooney Age
Rooney’s birth information is not publicly available.
Kate Rooney Height
Rooney stands 5 feet and 5 inches tall.
Kate Rooney Education
Rooney graduated from Boston College with a bachelor’s degree in communication. She later furthered her education earning a master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she was awarded the Eric Lund Global Reporting and Research Grant. This grant supported her in filming and producing a documentary in the Philippines.
Kate Rooney Family | Parents | Siblings
Rooney is known to be the daughter of Kathy, a breast cancer survivor. While Rooney grew up in Denver and New Jersey, not much is publicly known about her father or whether she has any siblings, keeping her family background relatively private.
Kate Rooney Married | Husband | Kids
Rooney has relatively maintained a private personal life and has not publicly disclosed her marital or relationship status. Additionally, information about whether she has any children is not known.
Kate Rooney Career
Rooney serves as a technology reporter for CNBC, based in the San Francisco bureau. Her reporting primarily focuses on financial technology, payments, and venture capital. She also writes and reports for CNBC’s digital platforms. Previously, she worked as a markets reporter starting in February 2019, covering various financial topics, including cryptocurrencies, financial markets, payments, and financial technology. She has contributed articles on subjects such as “Venture giant Andreessen Horowitz doubles down on fintech with the newest hire from Credit Karma,” “When the Fed cuts rates without a recession, stocks go higher 100% of the time,” and “The Fed is looking into Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency as Powell flags ‘serious concerns.'”
In February 2018, Rooney began her coverage of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies for CNBC. Before her role at CNBC, she worked as a News Intern at Bloomberg L.P. and contributed to Bloomberg Businessweek’s weekly mergers and acquisitions section. She also served as a General Assignment Reporter at The Argentina Independent, where she wrote articles and produced videos for an English-language website based in Buenos Aires, covering topics such as the aftermath of Alberto Nisman’s death, human rights protests, and urbanization laws in the city.
Her career also includes a role as a Reporter at Medill News Service in 2014, where she covered politics and education in Medill’s Chicago and DC news bureaus. Prior to that, she worked as a Marketing Intern, assisting the managing director for brand marketing at Theory, Theysken’s Theory, and Helmut Lang.
Kate Rooney Networth
She earns an annual average salary of $33,774 to $61,255. Her estimated net worth is $1 million.
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