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Living people Australian journalists Australian television presenters Australian women journalists Australian women television presenters Australian people of Chinese descent Griffith University alumni Alumni of the University of Westminster University of Technology Sydney alumni 1977 births {{Australia-journalist-stub
Karen Tso (born 13 September 1977) is an Australian
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television journalist and anchor at CNBC Europe
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Tso began her career as a general news reporter for the AAP after graduating with a commerce degree from Griffith University
Griffith University is a public research university in South East Queensland on the east coast of Australia. Formally founded in 1971, Griffith opened its doors in 1975, introducing Australia's first degrees in environmental science and Asian s ...
in Queensland
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. She also studied for a Masters In Journalism at both the University of Westminster
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in London and the University of Technology, Sydney
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Although its origins are said to trace back to the 1830s, the university was founded in its current form in 1988. As of 2021 ...
before joining the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-own ...
in 2002, where she became known to provide the business news in ''Lateline
''Lateline'' was an Australian television news program which ran from 1990 until 2017. The program initially aired weeknights on ABC TV. In later years it was also broadcast internationally throughout Asia and the Pacific on the Australia Plu ...
'' hosted by Tony Jones.
In 2005, she joined the Nine Network
The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of five main free-to-air television netw ...
as a finance reporter and later as a presenter for the evening edition of Sky Business Report on Sky News Australia
Sky News Australia is an Australian news channel owned by News Corp Australia. Originally launched on 19 February 1996, it broadcasts rolling news coverage throughout the day, while its prime time lineup is dedicated to opinion-based programs f ...
from 2006 - 2007. During her tenure at the ABC and Nine, she was also the horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic p ...
correspondent in addition to duties as a finance reporter.
In October 2008, Tso left ''Nine News
''Nine News'' (stylised ''9News'') is the national news service of the Nine Network in Australia. Its flagship program is the hour-long 6:00 pm state bulletin, produced by Nine's owned-and-operated stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, ...
'' for CNBC Asia
CNBC Asia is a pay television business channel based in Singapore. A subsidiary of NBCUniversal, it is the Asian service of CNBC (Consumer News and Business Channel). Its programmes originate from Singapore. It was officially opening ceremony at ...
where she anchored ''Squawk Australia
''Squawk Australia'' was a television business news program that aired every weekday at 6:00am Singapore/Hong Kong/Taiwan time on CNBC Asia. It was broadcast live from CNBC Asia's Australia studio in Sydney, and anchored by Amanda Drury. It ...
'' a one-hour show with the mission of delivering Australian business news to the world, and global business to Australia.
In early 2010, as part of a programming revamp, Tso moved to Singapore to take up a new role as co-anchor of ''Asia Squawk Box
''Asia Squawk Box'' is a television business news program on CNBC Asia, aired Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. (Hong Kong/Singapore time). This programme is also aired on CNBC World in the United States at the respective t ...
'', along with veteran anchor Martin Soong
Martin Soong (born 1959 in Hong Kong) is a CNBC Asia, CNBC business presenter based in Singapore. He is now a co-anchor with Oriel Morrison on CNBC Asia's ''Street Signs (TV series), Street Signs''. Before that, he was previously a longtime co-a ...
and Bernard Lo
Bernard Lo is a Canadian television anchor who was a longtime host for CNBC Asia and Bloomberg Television.
Biography
Bernard Lo was a Hong Kong-based anchor for CNBC Asia and also hosted news and talk show programs for Bloomberg Television for ma ...
. Tso also began co-anchoring a new one-hour morning show with Bernard Lo titled '' The Call''.
At the start of 2012, Tso moved to CNBC Europe
Consumer News and Business Channel Europe (referred to on air simply as CNBC) is a business and financial news television channel which airs across Europe. The station is based in London, where it shares the Adrian Smith-designed 10 Fleet Pla ...
and is a co-anchor of ''Squawk Box Europe
''Squawk Box Europe'' (since May 2011, billed on-screen as just Squawk Box) is a television business news programme on CNBC Europe, aired from 7-10am CET (6-9am WET) each weekday. It also airs on CNBC Asia between 2.00 p.m.-5.00 p.m. Hong Kong / ...
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Living people Australian journalists Australian television presenters Australian women journalists Australian women television presenters Australian people of Chinese descent Griffith University alumni Alumni of the University of Westminster University of Technology Sydney alumni 1977 births {{Australia-journalist-stub