Government Policy in the World of Business CAVUTO Production Team

Jessica Cruzan, Centre College, Class of 2015

ABSTRACT This summer I worked as an employee of the Fox Business Network, and I was assigned to the

production team of the primetime show CAVUTO. I was able to research important milestones in

the business world (such as Dow Jones market value peaks). In addition I was tasked with

researching to developing stories focused on how government policies impact businesses and

therefore the consumer. I assisted in creating all of the elements for CAVUTO. We needed to make

engaging and informative fullscreens, video clips, and charts so that the viewer was not constantly

staring at anchors and contributors on a screen. We were a primetime, daily show so I learned the

approach to “mapping” shows as well as how the team works in the control room in order to tape

the desired segments. I was introduced to the world of networking in news is used to bring in

contributors for shows. Along the way I met and heard from many senior employees within Fox

News about their path to their current position.

BACKGROUND

2012 Quayle for Congress

2013 The Heritage Foundation

Reached figures and calculated relevant data for policy

testimony. Read and summarized journal articles that

provided analysts with relevant information for reports and

commentaries. Selected, input, and organized data for use in

publications. Attended weekly lectures and policy briefings

given by experts on foreign and domestic policy.

Met with coalition leaders and organized and hosted coalition-

specific events for Congressional Campaign. Connected with

constituents through neighborhood walks, personal mailings,

telephone calls, and public events.

Fox Biz All-Stars

CONTRIBUTORS

Talent: Neil Cavuto

David Asman

FBN CO-Anchor of After the Bell

Rob Basso

Small business expert, author, & entrepreneur

Jonathan Hoenig

Founder, Capitalist Pig hedge fund

Charlie Kirk

Founder, Executive Director at Turning Point USA

Elizabeth MacDonald

Editor at FBN

Scott Martin

President & CEO of Accent Asset Management, Inc

Kayleigh McEnany

Editor-in-chief & founder of Political Prospect

Julie Roginsky

Democratic Party strategist & TV personality

Lauren Simonetti

FBN Reporter

Montel Williams

TV personality & radio talk show host

Larry Winget

Motivational speaker, author, & TV personality

Neil Cavuto serves as senior vice president, anchor and managing editor for both FOX News

Channel (FNC) and FOX Business Network (FBN). He is anchor of FNC’s Your World, as well as

the FNC Saturday show Cavuto on Business. He also hosts the primetime show Cavuto on FBN. In

addition to anchoring daily programs and breaking news specials on FNC and FBN, Cavuto

oversees business news content for both networks and FNC’s weekend business shows, including

Bulls & Bears, Forbes on Fox, and Cashin’ In.Prior to joining FNC for its launch in August of

1996, Cavuto anchored and hosted more than three hours of live daily programming for CNBC,

including the network’s highest-rated show, Market Wrap. He also served as a contributor to NBC’s

Today show and NBC News at Sunrise. Previously, Cavuto was the New York Bureau Chief for PBS

Television’s Nightly Business Report and a Washington Bureau Chief for Investment Age

Magazine.Cavuto has covered some of the most important business and political stories of our

time, including the 9-11 attacks, the 2008 financial meltdown, the 1987 stock market crash, and

both Persian Gulf Wars. He has reported firsthand on the economic policies of American presidents

since Jimmy Carter, and covered major corporate scandals from Enron to Tyco. In fact, Cavuto’s

live prison interview with former Tyco Chief Executive Dennis Kozlowski was a business television

first.A former White House intern during the Carter administration, Cavuto graduated from Saint

Bonaventure University and received his master’s degree from The American University. He and his

wife Mary have three children: Tara, Jeremy and Bradley.

PERUSING THE CITY Finally, no visit to

the largest city in

the United States

would be

complete without

a few adventures.

Here are my

highlights.