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Deirdre Bolton, who previously worked at Fox Business Network and Fox News Channel, is moving to ABC News where she will join the team covering Covid-19’s economic impact.

ABC News President James Goldston announced her hire Monday in an email to news division staff. She will be based in New York as a business correspondent, working closely with Chief Business, Economics and Technology Correspondent Rebecca Jarvis.

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Bolton covered business, finance and the economy at Fox Business Network and Fox News Channel. For three years, she anchored her own show, Risk & Reward with Deirdre Bolton.

Goldston praised Bolton in his note to staff,...

ABC News announced on Monday that Deirdre Bolton will join its team covering the coronavirus pandemic and its economic impact. Bolton previously worked at Fox Business Network and Fox News. She will be based in New York as a correspondent.

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In an email to the news division, ABC News president James Goldston praised Bolton: “As an accomplished reporter, Deirdre is adept at translating complex financial concepts into understandable ideas and facts. She reported on some of the biggest stories over the past two decades. In 2018, Deirdre covered the North Korea-United States Singapore Summit and its economic implications for the Us and Asia. She reported live from the ground following the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks, focusing on their economic effects, including what they meant for a country and region where tourism is a huge part of its Gdp.

Deirdre Bolton, who has for the past few years worked as an anchor at Fox Business Network, is joining ABC News as a New York-based business correspondent.

“As an accomplished reporter, Deirdre is adept at translating complex financial concepts into understandable ideas and facts,” said ABC News President James Goldston in a statement Monday. “. She reported on some of the biggest stories over the past two decades,” he added, including the 2018 summit between North Korea and the United States, and the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks. “During the 2007-2008 financial crisis, she provided straightforward explanations of the global financial meltdown daily and ways the audience could find much-needed help,” Goldston added.

Before moving to Fox Business Network, Bolton was an anchor on Bloomberg TV and served as a CBS News contributor. She initially joined Fox Business to host an early afternoon program, “Risk and Reward With Deirdre Bolton,” and was working as...

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Six months ago, Fox Business Network launched Risk & Reward with Deirdre Bolton, a veteran business reporter who they'd just hired away from Bloomberg TV. The new show, which airs weekdays at 1 p.m. Et, features a regular Friday segment called "Elevator Pitch," which allows an entrepreneur to pitch an idea to Bolton in 30 seconds and then have three judges give critical feedback and vote on whether they'd support the concept.