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CNBC journalist Jon Fortt covers technology, finance, and innovation. As the co-anchor of “Closing Bell Overtime,” he reports and analyzes after-hours moves such as breaking news and post-market trading. He also created two weekly segments for other CNBC shows. “On The Other Hand,” a segment on the morning show “Squawk Box,” finds him analyzing the various sides of a contentious issue. And “Working Lunch,” a segment on the show “Power Lunch,” is an interview series with high-profile CEOs.
While he may be most known for his finance and tech coverage, the DePauw graduate has also led powerful coverage of race. After the killing of George Floyd in 2020, he launched “The Course,” an 18-lesson curriculum modeled after “The Talk” that Black parents around the country give their children about racism in America. Fortt’s course “pulls from sources as diverse as Shakespeare and NWA, Miles Morales and Toni Morrison” to illustrate the complexities of the Black experience in America.