Spring is in the air, and that can only mean two things: March Madness and TVNewser’s 2012 bracket challenge.
Every March we have TV news talent, executives and producers fill out their brackets and make their picks, with the winner receiving the ultimate prize: bragging rights.
Last year’s champion–Bloomberg TV’s Dominic Chu–is back to defend his crown, but there is some steep competition from across the TV news spectrum.
Game on.
Here is your 2012 TVNewser March Madness lineup:
Team Bloomberg TV:
Returning champ: Dominic Chu, markets reporter, Bloomberg TV
Cory Johnson, editor-at-large, Bloomberg TV
Stephanie Ruhle, correspondent, Bloomberg TV
Team Fox News/Fox Business Network:
Harris Faulkner, anchor, Fox News
John Roberts, senior national correspondent, Fox News
Elizabeth MacDonald, correspondent, Fox Business Network
Rich Edson, correspondent, Fox Business Network
Team NBC News/MSNBC/CNBC:
Rome Hartman, executive producer (and 2010 TVNewser March Madness champ), NBC News
Bill Wolff, executive producer and VP, MSNBC
Steve Friedman, executive producer, MSNBC
Willie Geist, anchor, MSNBC
Alex Korson, executive producer, MSNBC
Joe Kernen, anchor, CNBC
Sandy Cannold, executive producer, CNBC
John Melloy, executive producer, CNBC
Brian Sullivan, anchor, CNBC
KC Sullivan, CFO, CNBC
Becky Quick, anchor, CNBC
Team CNN:
Suzanne Malveuax, anchor, CNN
Don Lemon, anchor CNN
Kyra Phillips, anchor, CNN
Randi Kaye, anchor, CNN
Janelle Rodriguez, VP, CNN
Brooke Baldwin, anchor, CNN
Carol Costello, anchor, CNN
Christal Jones, senior publicist, CNN
John Antonio, deputy director of programming, CNN
Fredricka Whitfield, anchor, CNN
And finally:
Alex Weprin, senior editor, TVNewser