Ken Brown, one of essentially the most sturdy journalists in monetary journalism in recent times, is transferring to CNBC, the place he’ll oversee the business-news outlet’s digital editorial operations and play a task in devising total technique.
He will report back to David Cho, CNBC’s editor in chief, and begin June 8.
Brown will “help accelerate our digital strategy and sharpen how we cover the forces reshaping business, markets and the economy” Cho mentioned in a memo Thursday. “From the capital demands of AI and the pace of innovation to the resurgence of dealmaking, major shifts are rapidly transforming industries. We see enormous opportunity to deepen our reporting, break more news and grow our audience around these stories.”
Brown had most not too long ago been at The Information, and earlier than that served an extended stints as a senior editor at The Wall Street Journal, overseeing investigations, finance, local weather, markets and world protection. In totally different moments, he supervised protection of Asian monetary markets and the Journal’s “Heard on the Street” column. He additionally spent two years on the buyside at Pzena Investment Management.
At The Information, Ken expanded protection of the financing of AI and the expansion of knowledge facilities. At the Journal, he helped lead the paper’s award-winning work reporting on the worldwide monetary disaster and reported extensively on the bursting of the tech bubble,.” mentioned Cho. “He has led investigations into crypto, the Trump household’s funds, the Mormon church’s huge wealth and the Malaysian funding fund 1MDB, which ensnared Goldman Sachs, Middle Eastern royalty and Hollywood stars. Ken can also be an adjunct professor on the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, the place he teaches investigative reporting.
Brown has additionally labored on the New York Times, Smart Money journal and the Washington Post. He attended SUNY Binghamton and Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.