Christine Harper is a member of the editorial board of Bloomberg. She previously served as the editor of Bloomberg Markets magazine, as executive editor for global finance and investing coverage, and as the chief financial correspondent for Bloomberg News. She joined the company in 1998 in London office and moved to New York in April 2006 to cover Wall Street, focusing on Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
She previously worked for Dow Jones Newswires in Brussels and the US, and worked as a correspondent for The Philadelphia Inquirer and as a reporter for Sun Herald newspaper in Biloxi, Mississippi. She has a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University.
Professional recognition Harper has received awards from the New York Press Club "Bonuses at Wall Street Big Five Surge to $36 Billion""Bonuses at Wall Street Big Five Surge to $36 Billion", Bloomberg L.P., New York, 6 November 2006. Retrieved on 2011-01-03 and The Society of the Silurians"Society of the Silurians Winners 2008" for an article entitled "Broken Securities Industry Still Has $20 Billion to Pay Bonuses"."Broken Securities Industry Still Has $20 Billion to Pay Bonuses", Bloomberg L.P., New York, 26 October 2008. Retrieved on 2011-01-03
In 2009, she won a National Headliner Club Award for a four-part series of articles on the fallout from the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy."Missing Lehman Lesson of Shakeout Means Too Big Banks May Fail", Bloomberg L.P., New York, 7 September 2009. Retrieved on 2011-01-03
In 2011, she won another Society of the Silurians award in the category for Business/Financial Reporting for an article entitled, "How the Banks Won."
Personal life Born and raised in Manhattan, Harper attended Phillips Exeter Academy. She graduated from Northwestern University in 1991, earning both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in journalism.
Career timeline 1991–1992: Reporter, The Sun-Herald in Biloxi, Mississippi 1993–1994: Correspondent, The Philadelphia Inquirer 1994–1996: Assistant to the Senior Vice Dean, Columbia Business School 1996–1997: Reporter at Dow Jones Newswires in Jersey City, New Jersey, covering the currency and Treasury bond markets 1997–1998: Reporter at Dow Jones Newswires in Brussels, Belgium 1998–2000: Reporter at Bloomberg News in London covering telecoms, media and technology companies 2000–2002: Reporter at Bloomberg News in London covering corporate bonds 2002–2006: Reporter at Bloomberg News in London covering investment banking 2006–2008: Reporter at Bloomberg News in New York covering Wall Street firms including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley 2008–present: Chief Financial Correspondent at Bloomberg News in New York
Awards and honors New York Press Club Award Society of the Silurians Award National Headliner Club Award
References
External links Christine Harper Profile New York Press Club Award Society of the Silurians National Headliner Club