Elizabeth MacDonald is an American financial journalist working for ''

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''. MacDonald used to work for ''

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'' and as a senior editor at ''

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'' magazine. She won a

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for her work in magazines.

Journalism career

Elizabeth MacDonald is the anchorwoman of ''The Evening Edit'' on ''

.'' According to her ''Fox Business'' bio, MacDonald covered the

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, corporate accounting scandals, taxes and Wall Street for ''

'' and ''Forbes'' Magazine, where she created Forbes' annual ranking, ''

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''. Congress has called MacDonald in twice to testify about IRS abuses of taxpayers as well as IRS reforms that would protect taxpayers. At ''The Wall Street Journal'', MacDonald wrote front-page stories, Heard on the Street columns, and editorials. MacDonald also wrote about the coming wave of accounting scandals in the mid-90s. MacDonald broke stories detailing the

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's secret settlement with the IRS and the Kennedys' use of the IRS to target and audit political enemies, as well as thousands of groups and individuals, including

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, connected to assassin

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. MacDonald also covered allegations of political audits under the

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. Prior to that, MacDonald was a financial editor for ''

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'' and covered the IRS and taxes for ''

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''. MacDonald reported an award-winning investigative series on IRS abuses that members of Congress noted led to improved taxpayer rights and reforms at the IRS. MacDonald has received 14 awards.

Early years

MacDonald was born on January 2, 1962, in Rockville Centre, New York; she is one of eight children.

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in Buffalo, N.Y. has recognized MacDonald as a distinguished alumna; MacDonald graduated with honors in 1984.

TV

MacDonald has also appeared as a guest on

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's ''

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'',

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's ''World News Tonight'', '' Outnumbered'', ABC's ''

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'', ''

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'', "

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", "

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'',

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's '' Kudlow & Company'' with

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, as well as radio shows such as

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, and

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. Fox News' Neil Cavuto and CNBC's Larry Kudlow have called MacDonald "a true class act" and an "independent voice" in journalism. MacDonald has argued on camera her support for same-sex marriage and over-the-counter birth control.

Works

* ''Skirting Heresy: The Life and Times of Margery Kempe'' (Franciscan Media, June 2014)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:MacDonald, Elizabeth Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American business and financial journalists American women television journalists American magazine editors American women magazine editors 21st-century American women Fox Business people