As the financial markets continues it ups and downs, Peter A. McKay, a 33 year-old, FAMU graduate is front row and center chronicling the markets every move for both the print and online versions of the Wall Street Journal.Before joining the Journal in 1999, McKay was a reporter for the Washington Post based in the paper's suburban Woodbridge, Va., bureau. The former FAMUAN editor was a finalist in the deadline category of the 2007 Loeb Awards for Business Journalists and was selected as a 2002 ethics fellow at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies.
"Of course, to say that the financial crisis has been keeping me busy at work lately would be a gross understatement," said McKay. "I think a recent remark by the media-gossip site Gawker, of all things, summed it up best: For business reporters, this has been like Normandy."
McKay is also a frequent commentator on CNBC and others news sources. His day-end market story hit number one on Google News last night, which is a pretty big deal, exposes the story to about as big an audience as you can get these days. The market had jumped 900 points yesterday. s
On the Air
Check out McKay's latest comments about the market on NY's CBS affiliate here
Check out McKay's WSJ blog post about wether or not the NYSE's safeguards are adequate to avoid a crash here
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Another J-School grad doing big things!
ReplyDeleteHey, I remember this student when he attended FAMU as a journalism major. I didn't teach him, but I do recall him being front & center in everything he did. I remember reading about him and noting that he would do very well in whatever field he pursued. I also recall him interning on Wall Street and doing a bunch of great things. He was a stellar student way back. His professional growth and maturity isn't surprising at all. The J-School turns out some stellar students. I also recall -- in the FAMUan?, I think -- him saying that his parents didn't want him to attend a "black school," but he came to FAMU anyway and excelled -- and now, I'm sure his parents are quite the proud ones.
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