MEDIA TOUR
New York City
June 2025
REPORTERS
& BROADCAST
Monday 6/2 - 6:30am
NASDAQ Market Site
151 W 43rd St
Arrival Instructions
Early-morning analysis of and breaking news from the financial markets
Known for banter between the hosts and their guests
Squawk Box CNBC
Monday 6/2 - 7:30am
Maman Cafe
12 W 48th St
919-945-0731
Editor, QSR Magazine
Covering growth, operations, menu development, technology et alia
UNC grad, has sportswriting experience from the Goldsboro News-Argus and The Daily Tar Heel.
Ben Coley QSR Mag
Monday 6/2 - 9:00am
Informa Connect Offices
605 3rd Ave, 22nd Floor
480-299-0991
Managing Editor, Nation’s Restaurant News Magazine
Oversees all of the special reports, including NRN’s ’ annual Top 500 report, Restaurant Hospitality’s Best Cocktails and Best Sandwiches contests.
Manages digital engagement team,
Former managing editor, Supermarket News until 2024.
Leigh Anne Zinsmeister
Nation’s Rest News
Monday 6/2 - 9:30am
Phone Call -> Her
612-767-3210
Editor in Chief
Special emphasis on international franchise development
Provides a behind-the-scenes look at U.S. brands on a global scale
Laura Michaels
Franchise Times
Monday 6/2 - 10:30am
Felix Roasting Co
280 Park Avenue
Restaurant Reporter
Covers publicly traded restaurant companies, broader industry trends
Joined CNBC after graduating from William & Mary, 2018
Amelia Lucas
CNBC
Monday 6/2 - 11:00am
Phone Call
310-528-2680
Executive editor, Restaurant Biz Online
Covers fast-casual , independent restaurants and emerging chain concepts.
Former Food Editor of The Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tenn
Lisa Jennings
Restaurant Biz Online
Monday 6/2 - 11:15am
Phone Call
917-705-1397
Covers restaurants from WSJ's Chicago bureau
Previously covered supermarkets, analyzing the rise of food delivery
Started at WSJ’s NYC office; covered New Jersey politics, helped reveal the Bridgegate scandal
Heather Haddon
Wall St Jrnl
Monday 6/2 - 12:00pm
Inc. Magazine
7 World Trade Center
Assistant web producer in NYC
Formerly MSN (US), National Geographic, The Globe and Mail, Flipboard, HuffPost UK, Smithsonian
Nicholas Hawkins
Inc. Mag
Monday 6/2 - 1:45pm
Fortune Offices
40 Fulton Street
Finance reporting fellow, covering markets, real estate, et al
Covered high school sports for The Dallas Morning News.
Interned with the sports departments of The Boston Globe, Tampa Bay Times, and South Bend Tribune
Gregory McKenna
Fortune
Monday 6/2 - 4:15pm arrival
Bloomberg Offices
731 Lexington Ave (58th-59th)
Host of “Surveillance” on Bloomberg Radio
Provides economic and investment perspective to Bloomberg Television and to Bloomberg’s various news divisions.
Founded the “Chart of the Day” article,
Editor of “Flying on One Engine: The Bloomberg Book of Master Market Economists,” published in 2005.
Tom Keene
Bloomberg
Tuesday 6/3 - 11:00am
Forbes Media, Jersey City, NJ
499 Washington Blvd
224-703-1070
Staff writer covering billionaires: Forbes’ flagship Forbes 400 and World Billionaires lists
Joined 2020 and works in New York
Previously worked on breaking news team, has written for CNN and Inc.
Jemima McEvoy
Forbes
INFLUENCERS
June 2nd ~ 4:30pm
DHC - 944 8th Avenue
A little biz, a little fun
seen on: @wsj @businessinsider @bloomberg @theselfemployedshow
Piper Phillips
Brittany Rella
June 2nd ~ 4:30pm
DHC - 944 8th Avenue
LI, NYC & Travel
Restaurants, Recipes, Lifestyle
Social Media Manager, Freelance Photography
June 2nd ~ 4:30pm
DHC - 944 8th Avenue
NYC life inspo,city lifestyle,
Vlogs, to-dos & travel
ex-Deloitte consultant & author
Dasom Lee
Hangry Asians
EJ Choi
June 2nd ~ 5:00pm
DHC - 944 8th Avenue
Food & Drink
NY & LA
Natalie DeGenova
June 2nd ~ 5:00pm
DHC - 944 8th Avenue
Coach, Corporate x Fitness Gal
@nike & @obe_fitness trainer
NYC + Hamptons📍
Soha Rahimi
June 2nd ~ 5:30pm
DHC - 944 8th Avenue
NYC & NJ Foodie & Content Creator
Eating good wherever I can
Josh Levitt: (949) 981-0757
josh@daveshotchicken.com