Ellie Ismailidou is an award-winning journalist, specializing in business & finance.
Ellie works in three languages – English, Spanish, Greek – and holds diverse roles: correspondent, anchor, supervising producer, writer, and professor of journalism. Her experience includes everything from covering the Greek economic crisis on the ground in Athens, to penning an investing column on Wall Street, to hosting a financial literacy show on MarketWatch and the Wall Street Journal video center.
Ellie is currently the host of Explainomics, a financial literacy series on MarketWatch and the Wall Street Journal video center. The series teaches everyday people to empower themselves financially and take control of their money. It has aired in 19 U.S. local broadcast markets and has also been translated into Spanish and Mandarin. Explainomics was nominated for a Webby award and won a Telly Award in the “Best Online Series” category. Check out latest episodes here.
Ellie’s work has been featured in a wide variety of international TV, print and online media.
“As featured in: the Wall Street Journal, TIME Magazine, Forbes Magazine, Fox News, the Financial Times Group, MarketWatch, Barron’s, WNYC radio, Canadian network CTV, cable-news channel NY1, Spanish TV network Intereconomía, and many others.”
Ellie’s work has been honored with six Telly Awards, a Philip Greer Memorial Award, and a nomination for a Fulbright Scholar Grant.
She holds a masters degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and a law degree from Aristotle University. She is licensed to practice law in Greece.
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