Charlie Herman is the Business and Economics Editor for WNYC News and the national morning news program, The Takeaway. He regularly reports on local and national business stories at the station. Charlie hosts WNYC's weekly finance segment, Money Talking and edits and produces the weekly tech segment New Tech City. Charlie joined the station in April 2010.
Prior to coming to WNYC, Charlie worked at ABC News for nearly 16 years. For more than five years, he oversaw the Business News Unit during the financial meltdown and recession. Prior to this position, he was the Deputy Bureau Chief in the Los Angeles Bureau overseeing news coverage for the western region of the U.S.
Before that, he was the Miami Bureau Producer from 2001 to 2003 where he covered events in Florida, the southern United States and in Latin America in countries such as Colombia, Cuba and Venezuela.
In 2003, Charlie helped set up ABC News’ operations in Baghdad. He began his career at ABC News in the Washington Bureau in 1994.
During his time at ABC News, Charlie won a Business Emmy for a series of stories for World News Tonight with Peter Jennings entitled “The Broken Pension Promise,” and shared an Alfred I. DuPont and a Peabody Award with the news division for coverage of September 11, 2001.
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Charlie Herman appears in the following:
Seven Things New Yorkers Need to Know About the Tumblr Deal
Monday, May 20, 2013
Forget about Yahoo and Silicon Valley for a minute. How do the people who matter here in New York City — tech people and Tumblr users — feel about Yahoo's $1.1 billion acquisition of the social blogging platform?
Money Talking: Is College Worth It?
Friday, May 17, 2013
Should some college-bound students opt for a two-year degree at a technical school? Will an education give you a better life? Money Talking digs into the tough questions in the debate over the high cost of higher education and the mounting student debt that's one of its byproducts. The central question: Is college worth it? The answer: Only the listener can decide.
From Future Coders to Your Grandma, STEM Education for Everyone
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Whether you're 18 or 85, keeping up with new technology is increasingly important for success and even well-being. Meet a teenager and an octogenarian learning new tech skills as we tour the city's first software engineering high school and a senior center where bridge and canasta make way for a course called "Beginner iPad."
Weekend Coffee Table: Money Talking Weekend Reading
Friday, May 10, 2013
Money Talking host Charlie Herman and regular contributors Joe Nocera of the New York Times and Rana Foroohar with Time magazine tell us what they’re reading this weekend.
Money Talking: JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon Under Attack
Friday, May 10, 2013
Jamie Dimon, CEO and chairman of the nation's largest bank JPMorgan Chase, is facing criticism from prominent shareholders that could cost him his chairmanship.
New Tech City: Visualizing Big Data
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
The Reality Deck at Stony Brook University was created to help those working in STEM fields visualize big data — data sets so large and complex that a simple computer monitor cannot do them justice.
Saturday Coffee Table: Money Talking Weekend Reading
Friday, May 03, 2013
Money Talking host Charlie Herman and regular contributors Joe Nocera of the New York Times and Rana Foroohar with Time magazine tell us what they’re reading this weekend.
Money Talking: Apple and Corporate Taxes
Friday, May 03, 2013
If you had $145 billion on hand, you'd spend some of it right? Well, if you’re Apple, not quite.
New Tech City: Death and Tech
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
When we die, we leave behind more than friends and family, homes and possessions. These days, we leave behind Facebook profiles and Twitter accounts and thousands of emails.
How Can Social Media Affect the Markets?
Monday, April 29, 2013
It was the Tweet heard 'round the world...for a few moments anyway.
Saturday Coffee Table: Money Talking Weekend Reading
Friday, April 26, 2013
Money Talking host Charlie Herman and regular contributors Joe Nocera of the New York Times and Rana Foroohar with Time magazine tell us what they’re reading this weekend.
Companies and Political Contributions
Friday, April 26, 2013
Publicly traded companies may soon be required to disclose political donations if the Security and Exchange Commission accepts the arguments from investors, elected officials and several corporate and securities law experts.
Mapped: Subway Stations With Wi-Fi
Thursday, April 25, 2013
New York will have to wait until 2016 for Wi-Fi in all underground subway stations — putting it years behind other American cities like San Francisco, Boston and Chicago as well as international cities like Singapore and Hong Kong.
New Tech City: How to Become CEO of Your Own Destiny
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
"Work isn't working for people anymore." — Maynard Webb, author of the book Rebooting Work. Want to be CEO of your own destiny? Webb says assess where you want to be and take a risk. Or even take a job below your pay grade.
The Future of "Made in America"
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
A New York City-based website is using new technology to help sustain and even grow America’s industrial base.
Saturday Coffee Table: Google Fiber and Who's On the Time 100
Friday, April 19, 2013
Money Talking host Charlie Herman and WNYC contributor Rana Foroohar with Time magazine review what they’re reading this weekend.
Money Talking: The Return of Manufacturing?
Friday, April 19, 2013
At the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, one company is making ergonomic spoons for babies that might just represent the future of manufacturing in the U.S.
American Icons: Migrant Mother
Friday, April 19, 2013
“Migrant Mother” was one of thousands of pictures Dorothea Lange took on assignment for the federal government, documenting the poverty of the Dust Bowl. Before it had that iconic title, the 1936 photo was captioned “Destitute peapickers in California.” But this was the one that stuck ...
New Tech City: Will Personal Finance Apps Replace the Financial Planner?
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
With Tax Day come and gone again, New Tech City’s Manoush Zomorodi looks at the online services that might help you get on top of your finances for the this year.
Money Talking: Read This Now! Weekend Reading List
Friday, April 12, 2013
Money Talking host Charlie Herman, regular contributor Rana Foroohar of Time magazine, and guest Steve Bertoni of Forbes magazine tell us what they’re reading this weekend.