CNBC is adding to its coverage of Silicon Valley, TVNewser has learned.
Mark Berniker, who was EP of Jennifer Granholm’s Current TV show, is joining the network as Silicon Valley/San Francisco Bureau Chief. Previous to Current TV, Berniker worked for Bloomberg Television, CNNfn and for Knight-Ridder as Moscow Bureau Chief. Berniker will report to Lacy O’Toole, CNBC’s Director of News Coverage.
CNBC is also swapping East Coast and West Coast correspondents. Josh Lipton moves to the Bay Area next month as technology correspondent, while current Silicon Valley tech reporter Jon Fortt (pictured), will move to CNBC HQ in Englewood Cliffs, NJ to be an on-air editor.
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