Christine Romans is a correspondent and anchor for
CNN, and also an author. She previously worked for
Reuters
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and
Knight Ridder
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Financial News. She is the chief business correspondent for CNN, in addition anchors ''
Early Start'' from 4 a.m. to 6 a.m. ET and the weekend business program "Your Money."
Early life and education
Romans is from
Le Claire, Iowa
LeClaire is a city in Scott County, Iowa, United States. The population was 4,710 in 2020, a 65.4% increase from 2,847 in 2000, making it one of the fastest-growing communities in the Quad Cities. LeClaire is considered a suburb and part of th ...
.
She graduated from
Pleasant Valley High School in 1989
and went on to graduate from
Iowa State University
Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of th ...
in 1993. While attending
Iowa State University
Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of th ...
Romans majored in French, journalism, and mass communication and studied French media and French literature at L'Instut Catholique de Lyon in France in the summer of 1991.
Career
Romans worked for a group of newspapers in the Midwest and was a reporter and anchor for Reuters Television.
She joined CNN in 1999 and began reporting from the floor of the
New York Stock Exchange
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE, nicknamed "The Big Board") is an American stock exchange in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its liste ...
. She was one of the hosts on CNN's ''On the Money'' and was a reporter and substitute anchor on ''Lou Dobbs Tonight''.
She also hosted ''Street Sweep'' on the defunct network
CNNfn
CNNfn (fn = financial news) was an American cable television news network operated by the CNN subsidiary of the media conglomerate Time Warner from December 29, 1995, and of AOL Time Warner until December 15, 2004. The network was dedicated to ...
.
[
Romans' book ''Smart Is the New Rich: Money Guide for Millennials'' was published in the mid-2010s.]
Personal life
She is married to Reuters editor Ed Tobin, and the couple have three children.[Chicago Tribune: "Wickes, Moira Tobin"]
March 12, 2003
See also
* New Yorkers in journalism
New York City has been called the media capital of the world. Many journalists work in Manhattan, reporting about international, American, business, entertainment, and New York metropolitan area-related matters.
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References
External links
Christine Romans profile
at CNN.com
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CNN people
Iowa State University alumni
Living people
American women television journalists
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women