CNN's Chief Business Correspondent Ali Velshi kicks off CareerFest 2010 with a keynote on his personal career path and the state of the job market.
With questions and uncertainty surrounding the job market, students start to wonder about the implications on their future as they embark upon the journey into the workplace. Accordingly, the USC Career Planning and Placement Center and USC Spectrum proudly welcome Ali Velshi to share his experience and expertise on building a successful career.
Ali Velshi is CNN’s chief business correspondent; host of CNN weekend business roundtable program Your $$$$$; and anchor for Issue #1, the network’s in-depth coverage initiative on the single issue that matters most to CNN’s audience. Velshi also hosts The Ali Velshi Show, a weekly call-in radio program on both CNN Radio and CNN.com Live. He fields viewer calls three times a week for the “Help Line” segment on Headline News’Headline Prime. Online users can also listen to Velshi’s podcast, The Ali V Podcast, available at www.CNN.com/podcasting and on iTunes.
Based in New York, Velshi has covered everything from the U.S. government’s bailout plan to Hurricane Katrina and the financial collapses of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, Enron and Lehman Brothers. In addition to hosting other shows such as Insights, Business Unusual, Street Sweep, The Money Gang and The Turnaround, Velshi was awarded a fellowship to the U.S. Congress by the American Political Sciences Association in 1996.
Velshi’s latest book, titled Gimme My Money Back, features simple and straightforward strategies of regaining money lost as a result of the current financial crisis. Velshi continues to be a prominent figure in financial news because his wisdom and honest analysis of the economy have gone unmatched throughout the years. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to gain some important insight on taking action to ensure a bright career.
Today Ali Velshi's Newsroom aired a piece by Richard Quest followed by a live shot. During the discussion Ali asked Richard to be on Newsroom more often and Quest said it is in the works and soon we would see him regularily. Here's the segment.
Ali Velshi will be speaking on Wednesday, May 5th in Pasadena, CA as part of a Distinguished Speaker Series. Here's orangecounty.com's synopsis of the event:
A veteran of financial news, Ali Velshi is CNN's Chief Business Correspondent and business news anchor based in New York and can be seen daily on CNN/U.S. and Headline News. His broad range of expertise offers an insider's view of the latest economic trends and news headlines, unraveling the complexities of the financial world, from Wall Street to Main Street. Velshi will offer plain talk on the changing global economy and encompass the most pressing developments in domestic and international business. He will describe with up-to-the-minute detail, the current financial situation and what it means for you, your family, and your business.
Tweets from CNN staffers say that Ali Velshi is moving up to become an anchor. According to Rick Sanchez, Ali will host weekdays from 1-3pmET (leading into Sanchez' new program.) Ali will host from the NY studio Atlanta. [Sorry, I misread a tweet!] More details to follow...
Beginning Jan. 18, CNN is assigning two hours of anchoring to its chief business correspondent, Ali Velshi.
CNN is remodeling its afternoon schedule, assigning two hours of anchoring to its chief business correspondent, Ali Velshi.
The cable news channel informed staff members on Thursday that Mr. Velshi, well-known for his coverage of the financial collapse, would anchor the 1 to 3 p.m. hours beginning Jan. 18.
That same day, Rick Sanchez’s 3 p.m. program will expand into the 4 p.m. hour and be renamed “Rick’s List,” in a previously announced change.
“My goal is to make topics more accessible” to viewers, Mr. Velshi said in a telephone interview Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Velshi’s mantra on CNN has been “breaking it down.”
“What I want to do is take what I’ve been doing in business news for the last two years and translate that to all of the other topics” CNN covers, he said. “Whatever the challening news stories of the day are, I’m going to try to use my specific tools and methods for telling the news to make everything a little more understandable and a little more accessible to the viewer.”
Kyra Phillips currently anchors from 1 to 3 p.m. The hours will remain named “CNN Newsroom” for now.
(Interesting to note that Kyra was in NY this morning. She appeared on the set of American Morning to discuss her report on the "Yoga Cult.")
Rick Sanchez tweeted this morning that starting in January he will now have two hours M-F, from 3-5pmET. Not to be outdone by that modern technology, Wolf Blitzer tweeted that TheSitRoom will air from 5-7pmET, giving them a tighter focus. "Less becomes more." BTW, Ali Velshi is filling in for Rick's 3pm shift today, and will be interviewing Peter Bergen. (Gotta love the CNN TweetVerse!)
CNN's Ali Velshi will be discuss "The Global Economic Outlook: What it Means To You" at the Power Within Conference in London, Ontario at the London Convention Centre on November 17, 2009.
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Ali Velshi was recently back on Mediaite Office Hours talking about the olympics, the economy, heath care and his October 10th wedding.
Rick Sanchez is mentioned in Motor Trend Magazine. His current vehicles: a 2006 Mercedes -Benz E350 and a 2007 Dodge Ram.
Roland Martin will be the keynote speaker at the "Political Minds in Action" event in Savannah, GA held by the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority on Saturday October 10th at noon.
Roland Martin also has an article in Houston Style Magazine about the White House's stance on NY Governor Paterson running for another term.
Starpulse.com has posted some pictures of Soledad O'Brien arriving at the ALMA awards on 9/17. Click here for additional pictures.
Soledad also was the keynote speaker for "Something to Chair-ish" hosted by the Methodist Hospital Volunteers in Partnership on 10/2. Her new book, Latino in America, also came out on 10/6.
Hi everyone! It's Wednesday and it's time for Out of the Box. Let's see what's going on for some of our favorite CNNers while they're moonlighting. Also, my thanks to Julie for her hard work in finding these tidbits!
What's going on with James Carville?
-James and his lovely wife Mary Matlin are speaking at the Mississippi State University’s College of Business Leadership Summit tonight. According to the Clarion Ledger, "The MSU summit, which began this morning, aims to bring together business, government, education and economic development leaders to examine the state and regional economy and to learn about innovative business ideas. " Find out more here.
-James is headed down to Mickey town (Orlando) in 2010 for the GlobalOptions Group’s 2010 Executive Forum. According to their website, "The annual event is designed to provide a platform for discussion and provide the opportunity to propose solutions for a variety of security and risk issues facing organizations doing business in the U.S. and abroad." The annual event takes place March 3-5th. Check out the press release for the event on their site.
Ali Velshi, superman, continues his trot around the country....
- From the a press report, "Ali Velshi will serve as the keynote speaker for the Saint Peter’s College 38th Annual Regents Business Symposium. Taking place on Friday, November 6, 2009 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Jersey City on the Hudson, the forum is designed to inform and discuss current events in business and politics. The topic, “Restoring Confidence: From Crisis to Recovery,” will be addressed by three additional business leaders." Read more of the press report here. (On a side note: It mentioned in the press release that Ali was born in Kenya. Interesting tidbit!)
Alina Cho looking sexy!
-On Sept. 22 Alina attended the 10th annual New Yorkers for Children Fall Gala. Here's a picture taken by Life.
Candy Crowley invades the "Gerg's" territory.
-Ms. Crowley spoke at the Kennedy School of Government's brown-bag speaker series on Sept. 22. She kicked off the series with her conversation on "Obama: Down to the Nitty-Gritty". To read more about her talk visit the Harvard website. (And may I say she's been looking great!)
John Roberts was interviewed by Mediaite Office Hours on 8/27. Here is the interview from mediaite.com
James Carville and his wife Mary Matalin are co-chairing a committee to bring the Superbowl to New Orleans in 2013. Click here for the article from nola.com.
Ladies' Home Journal's October edition talks with Jill Dougherty on her fight against breast cancer. Here is TVNewser's post with a summary of the article.
Jamie Kraft has been named the new executive producer of American Morning. Previously Jamie had been American Morning's senior broadcast producer and has also worked on AC360. Prior to that Jamie was with CBS and 60 Minutes. Here is the article from Broadcasting & Cable.
Ali Velshi spoke with TVNewser about his trip on the CNN Express. Click here for their full article.
Ali Velshi also spoke with the Wisconsin State Journal about speaking with students at UW - Madison.
Here's what's going on in the world of CNNers when they aren't burning the midnight oil at CNN.
The Dynamic Duo Strike Again!
The mouth of the South, James Carville and his lovely wife Mary Matalin will be guest speakers at the 2009 In-house Counsel Celebration Dinner given by Chicago Chapter of ACC. They will be discussing the topic of the evening, "All's Fair: Love, War and Politics." That is something I'm sure they know a lot about! The event is to be held in Chicago on Sept. 17th. For more information please check out this site.
Ali Velshi talks to Whirpool?
The Cnn Express roared into Evansville, and presumably not with Mr. Velshi at the wheel. The CNN Bus made the stop to host a town hall meeting about healthcare and also the lose of the area's Whirlpool jobs. Ali Velshi hosted.
Where in the World is Paul Begala? (He's a Busy Man!)
At least we know he'll be down in O town jammin' with Mickey Mouse in Oct. And when he's not hanging with Mickey and friends he'll be a keynote speak at the PCI Annual Meeting Oct 25-28. Hey Paul, make sure you go on Expedition Everest at Disney. Good Times!
Before he makes the trip down to Florida he'll be lunching with Washington Public Policy Conference attendees on Sept. 11th. For info on the whole speaking series check it out HERE.
That's it for this week! Thanks to Julie for all the great finds!
Hi everyone! This is Tedi B. You normally see me over at All Things Anderson on occasion but I've been 'hired' to take over for the departing Sapphire. I'll be keeping you up to date on what CNNers are doing outside of CNN. This week we've got a couple of interesting things going on....
TJ Holmes Becoming An Actor??
Well, not exactly, but he is lending his voice to a character in new animated film for BET. According to the blog, Favorite Media, he will play Lusafo, a leader of a village of bullies. Sounds like a far cry from TJ himself! Here's a small clip from YouTube...
Auction Off Christiane Amanpour?But CNN Needs Her.
You could win a chance to meet Ms. Amanpour and also benefit the National Press Club's scholarship program! For more info check our the video.
Ali Velshi & the Mouth of the South (James Carville) Together at Last!
Both will speak at the Mississippi State University Leadership Summit Sept. 29/30. Mr. Carville's wife, Mary Matalin will also be speaking. More info check out the MSU site.
David Gergen Advices More Than Just Presidents, You Know
Mr. Gergen will be the keynote speaker for the Catholic Charities annual convention in Oregon. Held from Sept. 23-26, will focus on "The Journey to Reduce Poverty". For more information please check out the complete article about the event HERE.
Well, that's it for me today! Have a great week and I'll see you back here next Wednesday.
Dana Bash was mentioned in Washingtonian.com's Blogger Beat: Capital Hill Style article. Here's a link to the full article.
"Top style mavens on the Hill: 'Dana Bash always looks great. And Congresswoman Jane Harman is an inspiration. I would love to raid her closet.'"
TVNewser has an article on Michael Ware on what it's like being a war correspondent and how it feels to be in Brooklyn.
VanityFair has an article on Larry King titled "Mourning with Larry" and talks about how during the month of June Larry became "America's grief counselor." Click here for the article.
Roland Martin has an article on creators.com titled "Former Presidents Continue to Be Valuable Assets" Click here for the article.
Roland also had a second article titled "Hate Should Not Drive Health Care Debate". Click here for the second article.
Ali Velshi was recently on The Hour
Ali also spoke over the phone with Mediaite about Healthcare and his trip on the CNN Express. Here's the video of their discussion. Click here for the Mediaite website.
The New York Observer posted an article about Christiane Amanpour and her special, Generation Islam. Click here for the article.
John King was back in Washington D.C. for this morning's State of the Union.
The program started with an interview with the US Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice. King asked her about the "show trial" of over 100 dissenters in Iran as well as the three American hikers who are being held in Iran (and other US citizens being held there). The Ambassador spoke of wanting to talk to Iran about stopping their nuclear program. When asked about whether the release of the two journalists from North Korea was "negotiating with terrorist", she denied that this was an official visit but reinforced that the trip was a "private humanitarian mission".
In the second part of the interview, King asked Amb. Rice about what the Obama administration is doing differently. In the list of ways that this administration was different, the Ambassador mentioned the approach taken in Afghanistan. King must have been waiting for this, for it prompted him to head to the magic wall and bring up a graphic of the troop levels currently in Afghanistan. And he asked why there weren't more allied troops helping. Rice contended that the involvement of other nations had increased with not only with troops as well as assistance in training security forces in Afghanistan. The administration's goal is to dismantle, disrupt, and defeat al Qaeda.
King's next guests were Sens. Dick Durbin (D) and John Cornyn (R) to discuss unemployment and health care reform. Cornyn wouldn't automatically oppose extended unemployment benefits if it was necessary. Durbin spoke about the negotiations that are still underway to try to get a bipartisan bill for health care. Durbin supports a public option for health care, but is open to other options if it will get the bill passed. Next was a discussion about the controversy over the town hall meetings on health care . King posed the question: "This country was founded on a whole series of events, including the Boston Tea Party in my home town, where people were organized and instructed and they were instructed to go somewhere and raise hell. Is there anything wrong with that? " Durbin: yes, when it is done just to disrupt the meeting.
The next discussion was with two pollsters: Republican pollster Bill McInturff and Democratic pollster Peter Hart. King started off at the magic wall comparing polls taken at the six month mark between President Obama and President Bush. The poll asked whether the President had been successful so far: Obama 51%; Bush 56%. He also looked at the conditions each President had faced from Carter to Obama. The discussion wrapped up with the following:
KING: Where are the American people, right now, in their new president, again, just shy of seven months?
Do they view him as a competent leader, not a politician who can win a campaign but someone to govern the economy?
HART: I think two things. One, I think they see him as competent. I think, on all the, sort of, skill sets, they see him as very good. I think the one thing that they don't know is how strong and how steely is his backbone?
And I think that will be measured in the future. If they perceive him to be strong and tough, they'll stay with him.
MCINTURFF: I think the president's been given a long rope. They want him to succeed. But to your question, we have two very important races coming up, New Jersey and Virginia governor's races. There's lots of polling that independent swing voters and others that had moved to vote for Obama are shifting back to vote for Republican candidates in those races.
I don't always take these races seriously as a harbinger of what's to come. I do this year. I think that what we seem, in terms of the vote pattern, in terms of turnout, and what we see in terms of those votes could be an early warning shot.
And I would say, by the way, if the Democrats lose both races, the Democrats in Congress are going to be taking a long, long look before they jump on some of these additional votes that they're going to be asked to make by the Obama administration.
The second hour of the program was with Howard Kurtz and Reliable Sources. The first topic was outrage at recent town hall meetings. The panel included Mark Halperin, Ana Marie Cox, and S.E. Cupp. Mark Halperin hit the nail on the head right off the bat:
HALPERIN: Yes, it distorts it and it's also bad for America. I'm embarrassed about what's going on as an American. I'm not an advocate for any position on the president's proposals, but I think this is, Howie, something you have written about and seen for years, the lowest common denominator, people taking video that is meaningless.
Yes, there should be discussion. Dissent is fine. I don't care why the protesters are showing up, but this is a horrible breakdown of our political culture and our media culture to allow people who are going in with the intent to disrupt to become the story. The biggest issue in the health care debate, things like, should there be a public plan, completely ignored by all media and crowded out the discussion by stunts and gimmicks, and the White House has exacerbated it by attacking back on the same style.
Kurtz interviewed Linda Douglas, Communications Director for the White House Office of Health Reform, about the administration's efforts to battle misinformation about their health care policies. The White House is going to setup a website that will specifically address this problem. Douglas was a former journalist (30 years in the profession after working for both ABC and CBS). She dodged Kurtz' question about having once been on his side of the table and now working as a "sales person" for the Obama health care reforms.
Kurtz then took a look at the coverage of journalists Laura Ling and Enu Lee return from North Korea and how the Clinton's became the central focus of the story with a panel including: Terence Smith, Kimberly Dozier, and Julie Mason. The panel discussed the overall coverage of the detainment of these journalists and why this wasn't a front burner story.
Next, Kurtz got Will Leitch's reaction to some NFL teams and ESPN restricting the use of Twitter and Facebook.
Kurtz' final segment was on the MSNBC vs FOX battle of words that continues.
The pundit hour of State of the Union started off with John King reviewing the Sounds of Sunday.
The first panel this week included Donna Brazile and Ed Gillespie. they debated the health care legislation including whether a public option should be part of the package. Brazile came prepared with multiple charts and talking points. As the conversation turned to the economy, King pointed out that Brazile was quoted in the Washington Post this morning in a column about what the President should focus on while Congress is on vacation.
The second part of the panel discussion focused on the international issues including the comments from General Jim Jones on the war in Afghanistan and President Clinton's trip to North Korea.
The CNN Diner segment came from Brails Restaurant in Eugene, Oregon (home of Euguene's best hangover breakfast). Matthew Jordan, Sang Joo "Joy" Knudtson, and Michael Moffitt joined King for breakfast.
Next on the program was the journalist panel: Ed Henry, Jessica Yellin, and Dan Balz. (Balz has a new book out: The Extraordinary Election of 2008: The Battle for America 2008 that he co-authored with Haynes Johnson. King gave the book a thumbs up as a good "beach read.") The panel discussed Sen. Durbin's comments on health care reform and a public option. They also discussed the town hall meeting that have been getting a lot of attention because of the outbursts that have been occurring at them. Balz summed it up well: "failure is not option" this time around as it comes to health care. The Democrats couldn't get this done the last time that tried- they may be determined to pass something.
When they came back from the commercial break, the panel discussed how the President has been reacting to criticism (something that he wasn't very good at prior to the campaign). The next topic was Afghanistan and the possibility of needing to send additional troops which is not what many Democrats want to see nor do the left wing of the party.
One more commercial break and then the lightening round: Sarah Palin vs Howard Dean and who to watch over the next week.
That wrapped up the third hour of the program and thus started the repeat of the 9AM hour as well as the Brazile/ Gillespie panel discussion. 43 minutes later...
Live programming returned with John King talking to Senator Arlen Specter in the Last Word segment. Specter was at one of those town hall meetings where things got heated. Specter supports (and wants) the public option for health care, but is willing to listen to Republican proposals. The Senator helped to kill the Clinton health care reform plan. King asked the Senator to respond to criticisms that Rep. Sestak made on a previous State of the Union program. The Senator cast a few stones at Rep. Sestak in response. King asked the Senator two questions about recent polls that were done about his re-electablity and the Senator had an issue with both polls. The Senator will campaign in all 67 counties in Pennsylvania and let the voters decide.
And there's a new way to follow CNN's State of the Union: Black Planet. From the look of the page, this was something that was only added this week (they only have one friend at the moment).
And a few side notes:
First, an article I noticed on CNN.com: First daughters balance privilege and pressure. The article by Kristi Keck takes a look at the life long impact of accidentally finding yourself growing up in the White House.
If you're looking for Ali Velshi this week, he's taking the bus- the CNN Express bus to the Iowa State Fair:
One of the great joys of being an American (aside from ridiculing the French, of course) is sharing in certain enduring myths: Bigfoot, the cultural value of ice shows and the grassroots political movement.
That last one has never been more popular. The more our politicians research, poll and prepackage their positions, selling them to voters like so many burgers in a fast-food joint, the more fervently they deny any such marketing. The audiences they face are increasingly handpicked, the posters the crowd waves come from the print shop, and the letters from citizens to their opposing colleagues are cranked out of the laser printer by the thousands. Yet our fearless leaders insist every scrap of support for their position is nothing but a great, natural uprising of common voters. They call it grassroots, but when the opposition does the same thing, that’s sod.
Ali Velshi is the keynote speaker tonight at the University of Southern California. Here's the article from their website:
