Alison Kosik Biography
Alison Kosik is a journalist from the United States working as the CNN business correspondent who covers the New York Stock Exchange based in CNN’s bureau in New York. Kosik has been reporting from the New York Stock Exchange floor for over a decade, delivering live, regular updates. She also frequently fills in as a co-anchor on the morning CNN news, “Early Start” and is a fill-in host on the weekday morning business show of CNN International.
How old is Alison Kosik? – Age
The CNN business correspondent is 50 years old as of April 28, 2021. She was born in 1971 in Miami, Florida, United States.
Alison Kosik Family
Kosik was born to of Brenda (née Seinfeld) and Gilbert Kosik.
Who is Alison Kosik Married to? – Husband and Daughter
Alison is married to Adam Huckett, a banker in New York. The couple married in 2008 and has a daughter Daisy Mae Hackett.
Alison Kosik Career (CNN)
Kosik earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from The American University in Washington, DC in Broadcast Journalism and Political Science. In 2007, she started reporting for CNN. She covered the historic moments of the financial crisis, including the fall of the investment bank Lehman Brothers in the international banking crisis, the surge of house foreclosures after the subprime mortgage industry crashed, the drastic declines in the stock market, including the 2010 flash crash, and the 2009 Stimulus package by President Obama.
Kosik led viewers through the Federal Reserve’s landmark moves, helping people grasp dynamic issues amid the economic downturn, such as quantitative easing and credit default swaps. It has also covered some of the largest initial public offerings since the financial crisis, including Facebook, Twitter, and Alibaba, and moving headlines from the world economy, including Brexit and the debt crisis in Europe.
Outside the corporate world, Kosik has also covered breaking news for CNN and CNN Newsource, the partner resources branch of the network, reporting everything from Hurricane Harvey to heartbreaking school shootings to the Westminster Dog Show.
Kosik served as an investigative reporter with their special team at WCBS-TV in New York before joining CNN. Kosik served as a reporter/anchor for the Sinclair Broadcast Group in Washington DC and a reporter for Hearst-Argyle Television in Washington DC prior to joining WCBS. She was a business analyst for Capitol Hill’s EnergyNewsLive.com in Washington DC, covering the energy market, energy policies, and energy industry politics. In West Palm Beach, Florida, Kosik was a reporter and fill-in anchor for WPEC-TV/WFLX-TV and started her career as a reporter/anchor at KZTV-TV and KRIS-TV in Corpus Christi, Texas.
In 2001, Kosik received a fellowship from Columbia University’s Scripps Howard Digital Media Fellowship. She was also awarded the 1999 Florida AP Award for Best Spot News and was an International Radio and Television Society Fellow in 1993.
Alison Kosik Net Worth
Kosik earns a salary of $95,690 per annum. She has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
