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CNBC’s Charles Gasparino to be Business Writer in Residence

Charles Gasparino, on-air editor for CNBC and former senior writer at Newsweek and reporter for the Wall Street Journal, will be on campus the week of April 16-20 as the spring semester’s Business Writer in Residence. The Business Writer in Residence program is a joint effort by the School of Business, the School of Journalism and Mass Communications and University Communications to bring in nationally known business writers to interact with business and journalism students.

In his role as CNBC's On-Air Editor, Gasparino provides up-to-the-minute reports throughout the day as the trading unfolds on Wall Street. Before joining CNBC, Gasparino covered Wall Street, pension funds, mutual funds, regulatory issues, and breaking news on some of the biggest financial scandals of recent times at Newsweek and at the Wall Street Journal.

At the Journal, he was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in beat reporting in 2002 and won the New York Press Club award for best continuing coverage of the Wall Street research scandals. He is the author of "Blood on the Street," which has been called a Wall Street investigative journalism masterpiece. His newest book, "King of the Club," focuses on former New York Stock Exchange chief Dick Grasso and is due to hit the shelves in August.

Gasparino is scheduled to speak in several business and journalism classes and will be the keynote speaker for an Accenture Leadership Center (ALC) event.  Although much of his time during the week has been scheduled, some times may still be available.  Anyone interested in scheduled a meeting or an event with Gasparino, should contact Tina Frailey or Lari Fanlund in the Office of Marketing and Communications. 

The Business Writer in Residence program is funded by a grant from the UW Foundation.