Liz MacDonald

Elizabeth MacDonald joined FOX Business Network as stocks editor in September 2007. MacDonald is also the author of “Skirting Heresy: The Life and Times of Margery Kempe”.

Prior to joining FBN, MacDonald was a senior editor at Forbes Magazine, where she covered stock market and earnings news and created "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women" annual list. 

Before Forbes, MacDonald covered stock market, earnings and accounting abuses for The Wall Street Journal's Money & Investing section, with front page stories and Heard on the Street columns. MacDonald was one of the first journalists in the country to sound the alarm about the coming wave of accounting scandals in the mid-nineties, and also broke stories on Scientology's secret settlement with the IRS and the Kennedys' use of the IRS to target political enemies.

Prior to that, MacDonald was a financial editor for Worth magazine and covered the IRS and taxes for Money Magazine. MacDonald reported an award-winning investigative series on IRS abuses that led to improved taxpayer rights and reforms at the agency. 

MacDonald has received 14 awards, including the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business Journalism (and won a nomination in an ensuing year); the Society of Professional Journalists' Award for Outstanding Public Service reporting; and the Newswomen's Club of New York Front Page Award for Excellence in Investigative Journalism.

MacDonald is a native of Rockville Centre, New York.

Connell McShane

Connell McShane is a news correspondent for FOX Business Network and news reader on Imus In The Morning radio program.

 

Prior to joining FBN, McShane worked at Bloomberg Television where he served as a news reporter and an anchor on "Evening Edition," "On the Markets" and "Marketweek." He also broadcasted live reports from both the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ. Before Bloomberg Television, McShane co-anchored the syndicated morning show "The First Word" on Bloomberg Radio. McShane began his career in sports broadcasting. He served as the play-by-play voice of minor league baseball’s Pittsfield Mets during the 1998 season.

 

A graduate of Fordham University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication and Media Studies, McShane was named a finalist in both the New York Metro Achievement in Radio Awards and the New York State Associated Press Broadcasters' Association.

Martha MacCallum

Martha MacCallum currently serves as the co-anchor of America's Newsroom alongside Bill Hemmer (weekdays 9-11AM/ET). She joined FOX News Channel (FNC) in January 2004.

During her tenure at FNC, MacCallum has provided extensive coverage of several major breaking news stories and played an integral role in the network's coverage of the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 presidential elections. Most recently in August 2015, MacCallum, alongside co-anchor Hemmer moderated the 5PM/ET GOP presidential debate. According to Nielsen data, the debate averaged 6.1 million total viewers and 1.2 million viewers in the 25-54 key demo, making it the third-highest primary presidential debate ever for the network.

She also has reported on a variety of national and international events including the threat of ISIS and the shooting of civilian Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, MO. Additionally, she served as FNC's anchor in London surrounding the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's first child in 2013 as well as the Royal Wedding in 2011. Her wide-ranging interviews include General David Petraeus, former President Obama strategist David Axelrod, Senator John McCain and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.

Prior to FNC, MacCallum served a variety of positions at NBC from 1997 to 2003. She was co-anchor of CNBC's Morning Call with Martha MacCallum and Ted David and was the anchor of CNBC's Checkpoint, an evening news program focusing on the war against terror and the Iraq war. A frequent contributor to MSNBC's The News with Brian Williams, NBC's Today, NBC affiliates and CNBC World, MacCallum also created the series Inside the Business for Business Center. In 1997 and 2003, MacCallum was the recipient of the American Women in Radio and Television award for her reporting.

Before joining CNBC, MacCallum was an anchor and reporter for WBIS-TV (ION-31), a sports and business network in New York in 1996. Prior to that, she was a business correspondent at Wall Street Journal Television where she anchored The Wall Street Journal Report, World Market Outlook and Business USA from 1991-1996. She began her career as a reporter for Corporate Finance magazine.

MacCallum earned a B.A. in political science from St. Lawrence University. 

Rich Edson

Rich Edson currently serves as a Washington, DC-based correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). He joined the FOX Business Network (FBN) as a Washington correspondent in October 2007 and transitioned to FNC in 2015.

During his tenure at FBN and FNC, he has provided coverage of every major election, the U.S. debt ceiling crises of 2013 and 2011 and the executive bonus protections inserted into the 2009 stimulus law. He has also broken details on the U.S. auto bailout, congressional spending and the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme.

 Before joining FBN, Edson covered city and county governments for WJCL-TV (FOX 28) in Savannah, GA. He also covered sports and general assignments for 2 News in Allentown, PA.

 Edson graduated from Rutgers College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He grew up in North Jersey and lives in the DC area. In 2010, he won D.C.'s Funniest Journalist standup comedy competition.

Carl Paladino

Carl Paladino is a businessman and political activist from Buffalo, New York. Paladino is the founder and chairman of Ellicott Development Co., a real estate development company he founded in 1973.

Paladino ran for Governor of New York in the 2010 election. He pulled off an upset by winning the Republican primary over Rick Lazio, but lost in a landslide to Democrat Andrew Cuomo in the general election - 63% to 33%. Paladino's candidacy was supported by the Tea Party movement and by unusually strong support in his native Western New York; his campaign platform emphasized fiscal reform and improvement of the state's educational system.