Caleb Silver is an American journalist and the editor-in-chief of Investopedia, a Dotdash brand focused on investing and financial education. He previously worked as the Director of Business News at CNN, the Executive Producer of CNN Money and was a senior producer on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer.
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | Colgate University BA New York University MA |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Biography
editCaleb Silver was born in New York City and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He attended Colgate University as an undergraduate and received his master's degree from New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.[1]
Silver began his career producing documentaries and wildlife films in South America and the American southwest.[2] His career in business news began at Bloomberg in 1997, where he worked, as a senior television producer.[3] While at Bloomberg, Silver was nominated for a 2003 Emmy Award for his work on Showdown on Secrecy, a series that explored conflicts of interest in the mutual fund industry.[4][5][6]
After seven years at Bloomberg, Silver joined CNN in 2004 as an assignment manager in the New York bureau. He went on to become a senior producer for The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer.[2]
In 2008, Silver joined CNNMoney.com, where he was named executive producer and led the site's online video production.[7][8] For their work on CNNMoney, Silver and his team were nominated for an Emmy Award for New Approaches to Business & Financial Reporting in 2008.[9][10] The team also received an Eppy Award in 2012.[11]
In 2012, he returned to CNN as the director of US business news, where he oversaw all of CNN's US business coverage.[7]
Silver left CNN in 2014 to form Frog Pond Productions, a digital production and consulting company.[12] He joined Investopedia in January 2016 as the vice president of content, overseeing the site's editorial and video efforts.[13][14][15] He regularly appears as a financial expert on a variety of broadcast and radio programs, including MSNBC, Marketplace, NBC, ABC radio and Yahoo! Finance.[16][17][18][19]
Silver was also the treasurer of the executive board of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW), elected in 2016.[20] He was elected president of SABEW in 2021.[21]
References
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- ^ "Business and Financial Reporting Emmy Awards (2003)". IMDb. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ "Business & Financial Emmy Nominees". National Television Academy. October 29, 2003. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
- ^ "Bloomberg Television earns Emmy nomination". Indian Television Dot Com. November 3, 2003. Archived from the original on 2003-12-05. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
- ^ a b Rousch, Chris (June 23, 2016). "CNN names director of business news". Talking Biz News. Archived from the original on 2019-11-18. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
- ^ Steinberg, Brian (March 3, 2008). "CNN Gives Biz Sites Run for Their 'Money'". AdAge. Archived from the original on 2015-05-02. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ^ Rouche, Chris (May 10, 2016). "Eight biz journalists seeking six SABEW board seats". Talking Biz News. Archived from the original on 2019-11-18. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
- ^ "NOMINATIONS FOR THE 6th ANNUAL EMMY AWARDS FOR BUSINESS & FINANCIAL REPORTING ANNOUNCED". EmmyOnline. November 3, 2008. Archived from the original on 2014-07-06. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ^ "2012 EPPY Award Winners". www.eppyawards.com. Archived from the original on 2013-07-12. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
- ^ Tarasova, Ekaterina (June 26, 2018). "Caleb Silver, Investopedia: "More regulation will allow cryptocurrency to enter more markets"". Steemit. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ Rouche, Chris (May 5, 2016). "How Investopedia is getting serious about personal finance coverage". Talking Biz News. Archived from the original on 2019-11-18. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
- ^ Patel, Sahil (July 6, 2017). "'Pick your spots': How IAC's Investopedia is looking to scale its video output". Digiday. Archived from the original on 2019-11-18. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
- ^ Rousch, Chris (January 26, 2016). "Investopedia hires CNN's Silver". Talking Biz News. Archived from the original on 2019-11-18. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
- ^ "How does Trump's trade war affect your 401k?". MSNBC.com. June 4, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-06-05. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
- ^ "Where do earnings expectations come from?". Marketplace. October 29, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-11-08. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
- ^ "Family Finances: Joint Accounts". WNYT NewsChannel 13. October 14, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-10-14. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
- ^ "Most rich millennials don't feel knowledgeable about investing: Investopedia". finance.yahoo.com. October 6, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-10-04. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
- ^ Rouche, Chris (May 22, 2016). "Three incumbents, three new members elected to SABEW board". Talking Biz News. Archived from the original on 2019-11-18. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
- ^ "SABEW Announces Three New Officers". Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing. June 23, 2021. Retrieved September 5, 2022.