Summary

• Former news editor at Investopedia
• Former managing editor at Bloomberg News
• Awards include Overseas Press Club, Gerald Loeb, Society of Business Editors and Writers
  

Experience

Rob Urban lived and wܫorked in Charlotte, N.C., Prague🥂, Czech Republic, Moscow, Russia and New York, and most recently lived in Jersey City.

He started his career in journalism at the Charlotte Observer, where he got his start as a cop and courts reporter and participated in coverage of televangelists Jim and Tammy Bakker and chased the occasional hurricane. He then moved to Eastern Europe soon after the Berlin Wall came down and establis꧑hed and managed coverage across Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union at Bloomberg News, hiring and overseeing staff in more than 10 countries before moving to New York from Moscow in 2001. There he oversaw Wall Street coverage and investing, real estate and market structure globally, including cryptocurrencies. Rob had two children: a daughter in college who is an artist and a musician and a son who is an entertainment journalist.

Education

Rob majored in history at UNC Charlotte, with an emphasis on Eastern 💎Europe and Russia.

At Bloomberg, where he was 🔯employed for 18 years, Rob received intensive training in macro- and micro-economics and financial markets, including stocks, bonds and commodities, as well as accounting and reading company financial reports and regulatory filings.

Quote from Rob Urban

The job of a journalist is to serve readers by applying informed judgement and a healthy dose of skepticism to eve🐟ry story, and sharing it in clear language.