Amanda Macias
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Amanda Macias | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1990
(age c. 34) |
| Alma mater | Missouri School of Journalism |
Amanda Macias (born c. 1990) is an American journalist who reports on national security subjects for the financial news network CNBC.[1]
Amanda Macias was born at Fort Bliss, in El Paso, Texas. She grew up in a military family and has lived on U.S. Army installations around the world.[2] She is a 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and Finance.[3][4][5] In 2020, she attended Columbia University as a Knight-Bagehot Fellowship Program.[6][7]
Career
In 2008, Macias worked as a general assignment news reporter and then anchor for NBC News affiliate KOMU-TV in Columbia, Missouri.[8] She later joined Reuters as a field producer in Brussels, Belgium where she covered EU political institutions and NATO. In 2013, she moved to New York City and joined Business Insider as a national security reporter.[4][5] In 2016, Macias moved to Washington, D.C., where she joined the national security team at CBS Radio.[9][2]
In 2018, Macias joined financial news network CNBC as a national security reporter.[10] In addition to national security, her beat includes the defense industry, State Department and the United Nations as well as the intelligence community.[3]