ABOUT STEPHANIE HUGHES

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I’m a Toronto-based financial journalist covering topics on publicly traded companies, banking, central banks, housing, economics, as well as a wider array of topics in business news and the financial markets. I write a mix of breaking news and long-form analytical pieces on these topics while keeping my ear to the ground for leads and getting industry reactions from experts.

Whether I tell my stories through writing, video, or podcasting, I aim for the dogged pursuit of accuracy and story and fact-driven reporting.

I work at Bloomberg as an equities reporter, covering stocks and Canadian publicly traded companies through written articles and daily television segments.

Previously, I worked at the Financial Post as a finance reporter, covering topics like banking, central banks, fintech, mortgage and housing policy, cryptocurrencies, economic news – as well as any other interesting news that crosses my desk.

I wrote daily financial news files for the Post and produce short explainer videos that you can find on my media page. I also host two weekly round-up videos to describe what major news stories are coming up in the week ahead on Monday morning and the Seven Stories series that appear on Friday morning.

Moderating and covering live events is also part of my job, and I go where my coverage takes me.

TORONTO ONTARIO: JANUARY 10, 2023—STAFF—Financial Post reporter Stephanie Hughes who covers finance, Tuesday January 10, 2023, [Photo Peter J. Thompson/National Post] [Financial Post/TBA for Financial Post]

Prior to my role at the Post, I worked as a freelancer at BNN Bloomberg as both a digital producer and a chase producer. On the digital side, I was involved in reporting, editing, packaging articles and wire copy for the website, setting up livestreams, and creating graphics to support my original articles.

At BNN, I was also a chase producer, tracking down guests to appear on the show and create research packs for the anchors to properly conduct interviews. This role gave me a better sense of how the live television and broadcast industry works and deepened my pool of contacts in the financial world.

Before BNN, I joined the CTV News team on a freelance basis as we launched the Canadian news shows NewsDay and NewsNight on the Quibi platform. The experience taught me valuable information about launching news shows and how to put together a pre-produced broadcast segment.

At that time, I was also freelancing for Yahoo! Finance Canada, covering topics on banking news, real estate, bonds, and other topics on the financial media radar.

After graduating from Ryerson University’s Journalism program, I worked in the finance world as a business writer at credit rating agency DBRS. Here, I wrote CMBS reports on commercial real estate assets and wrote out research reports that have been featured in the mainstream news media through National Post, Financial Post, BNN Bloomberg, radio as well as many trade magazine publications. I have a passion for learning about complex topics and stories and sharing them with a wide audience.

It was at DBRS (now DBRS Morningstar) that I discovered I had an interest in writing on financial topics, so when I returned to journalism in late 2019, I reported on different business and financial stories.

I’ve been very fortunate to work with many different amazing newsrooms and learned from many talented journalists.

I also have a knack for art, which you can check out on my Instagram or my Adobe Portfolio!

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/StephHughes95

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpdDpnG-3A-Vt4Y83UxB7VQ?

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Medium: https://medium.com/@stephaniehughes_20796

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-hughes-15071754/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephaniehughes95/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stephaniehughes95?lang=en

About Me: https://about.me/stephanie_hughes

5 thoughts on “ABOUT STEPHANIE HUGHES

  1. Hi Stephanie!

    Just wanted to say how much I enjoy your TV reporting!

    You are so obviously – and wonderfully – Canadian! I am too, but I love your funny Ontario-isms and phraseologies.

    Great voice, presentation, and info.

    I just knew you’d grown up with ATVs and Skidoos!

    Thanks for being you!

    1. Thank you so much, Mark! I’m very touched by these kind words and they really mean a lot 🙂 And yep! My sis and I used to ride ATVs in the summer and skidoos in the winter – probably because of the borderline childhood lawlessness in the cottage area around Timmins hahaha. Thanks again for tuning in, it makes me really happy to do these and to hear back from folks like you

  2. I am watching BNN on Halloween night…..you must have attended an AC DC concert in recent years to have these horns !!!

      1. My daughter, now 24, started to go to pop concerts in her teen with my wife…sorry Sean Mendez is not my thing.  I told her I will bring you to real concerts….while she was in University at Ottawa U in molecular medicine, I brought her to see AC DC and KISS….she understood after what I meant. She had a ball. I have a softer side too….we are going to see Toto and Christopher Cross in Geneva in Feb.

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