David Callaway (born 1963) is an American journalist.
Early life and education
In 1986, he received a
bachelor's degree
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and in 1987 he received a
master's degree
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, both in
journalism
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from the
Medill School of Journalism
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at
Northwestern University
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.
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Career
From October 1987 to January 1994, Calloway was a reporter for the ''Boston Herald
The ''Boston Herald'' is an American conservative daily newspaper whose primary market is Boston, Massachusetts, and its surrounding area. It was founded in 1846 and is one of the oldest daily newspapers in the United States. It has been awarde ...
'', where he co-wrote a daily financial column on the Financial District, Boston.[
From January 1994 to March 1999, Callaway was a reporter at ]Bloomberg News
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and led a team of financial reporters throughout Europe covering investing as well as the Northern Ireland peace process
The Northern Ireland peace process includes the events leading up to the 1994 Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) ceasefire, the end of most of the violence of the Troubles, the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, and subsequent political develop ...
and the introduction of the Euro
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.[
In March 1999, Callaway joined ]MarketWatch
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...
. He held the positions of executive editor and managing editor. He won two Society of American Business Editors and Writers awards for a weekly commentary column he wrote for 12 years.editor-in-chief
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of USA Today
''USA Today'' (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth in 1980 and launched on September 14, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headq ...
.[
In June 2016, he left USA Today to become CEO of TheStreet.com. He left the company in February 2019.
In March 2020, Callaway founded Callaway Climate Insights,][https://www.callawayclimateinsights.com/] a digital newsletter tied to the intersection of climate change
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and finance.
Personal life
He is married to Nanci Tolan Callaway, and they have a daughter, Alexandra, born in 1993.[
]
References
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21st-century American newspaper editors
American business and financial journalists
American male journalists
Living people
1963 births