On Wednesday afternoon APM announced that Lizzie O’Leary will joint Marketplace as Host/Correspondent. In this newly created role, O’Leary will serve as the primary fill-in host for all Marketplace programs. When not hosting, she will report on issues around the intersection of politics, policy and Wall Street. O’Leary recently served as CNN’s aviation and regulation correspondent. Prior to CNN, she covered politics and economic policy, including the global credit crisis, for Bloomberg Television. Previously, she was a producer and reporter for NPR and ABC News, where she was part of the Peabody Award-winning team that covered the September 11th terrorist attacks.
O’Leary joins Marketplace on July 22. Click below to read the full press release.