Kate Rooney
Kate Rooney
Kate Rooney is an American journalist based in New York, New York. She is a markets reporter at CNBC reporting on cryptocurrencies, financial markets, payments, and financial technology. [4][2][8]
Education
Rooney graduated from Boston College with a bachelor's degree in communication and media studies. She went on to attend Northwestern University, receiving a master's degree in journalism. [2]
Career
Kate Rooney has been a markets reporter at CNBC since February 2019. She has written articles on cryptocurrencies, financial markets, payments, and financial technology. In July 2019, she wrote articles including "Venture giant Andreessen Horowitz doubles down on fintech with 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'". [4][2]
In February 2018, Rooney started covering bitcoin and cryptocurrencies for CNBC.
CNBC.com managing editor Jeff McCracken then sent out the following announcement:
I am pleased to announce Kate Rooney is joining CNBC.com as a reporter covering bitcoin, cryptocurrency and whatever else the market throws our way.
She will report to John Melloy and work on his ever-powerful markets team.
Kate comes to the website from “Squawk Box,” where she served as a segment producer.
Prior to “Squawk Box,” she was a news associate, completing rotations with “Worldwide Exchange,” “Squawk on the Street” and “Squawk Alley.”
An avid skier and sports fan who grew up in Denver and New Jersey, Kate graduated from Boston College in 2013 and received her Master’s degree at Medill/Northwestern University.
Kate’s transition should be relatively painless as she moves down one floor to the newsroom.
She starts with our team today so please say hello.[18]
In summer 2015, Kate was a News Intern at Bloomberg L.P. and wrote for Bloomberg Businessweek, weekly mergers and acquisitions section. Previously, she was a General Assignment Reporter at The Argentina Independent. She wrote articles and shot/produced videos for English-language website in Buenos Aires. She also covered the aftermath of Alberto Nisman's death, human rights protests, and focused reporting on urbanization laws in the city.[2]
In 2014, Rooney worked as a Reporter at Medill News Service, covering politics and education in Medill's Chicago and DC news bureaus.
Prior to that, she was a Marketing Intern and assisted the managing director for brand marketing at Theory, Theysken's Theory and Helmut Lang.[2]
Charity Work
In 2019, Kate ran the fundraiser for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the institution that helped her mother Kathy to treat breast cancer. The goal for fundraising was $3,500, the fundraising total is $4,356.[14]