Bertha Coombs

{{Short description|American television reporter}} '''Bertha Coombs''' (born December 28, 1961) is a [[journalist|reporter]] for [[CNBC]], based at the [[Nasdaq MarketSite]] in [[Times Square]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/24/democrats-are-discussing-response-if-roe-falls-they-have-few-options/|title=Democrats are discussing a response if Roe falls – but they have few options|date=24 January 2022|accessdate=5 April 2023|newspaper=Washington Post|author=Rachel Roubein}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/05/09/business/founder-cradles-crayons-eyes-online-model-expand-into-other-states/|title=Founder of Cradles to Crayons eyes online model to expand into other states|date=9 May 2022|accessdate=5 April 2023|publisher=Boston Globe}}</ref> She covers business and financial news stories.<ref>[https://www.cnbc.com/bertha-coombs/ Bertha Coombs Bio on CNBC.com]</ref>

Coombs attended [[The Park School]] in [[Brookline, Massachusetts]], [[Milton Academy]] in [[Milton, Massachusetts]], and [[Yale University]] in [[New Haven]], [[Connecticut]].

Prior to joining [[CNBC]], she worked at [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] as a reporter and [[news presenter|news anchor]], covering such stories as the [[Impeachment of Bill Clinton|Clinton impeachment]], the [[Kosovo War]], [[Hurricane Floyd]], [[Rudy Giuliani]]'s troubled marriage, and the [[John F. Kennedy Jr.|John F. Kennedy, Jr.]] plane crash.

She was Milton Academy's graduation speaker in 2005. Coombs has served on the board of the [[National Association of Hispanic Journalists]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2022/11/08/nbcs-latino-journalists-there-is-no-latino-vote-just-latino-voters/?sh=785c161e4f89|title=NBC's Latino Journalists: 'There Is No Latino Vote, Just Latino Voters'|date=8 November 2022|accessdate=5 April 2023|publisher=Forbesauthor=Mark Joyella}}</ref>

==See also== * [[New Yorkers in journalism]]

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