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Samantha McDonald

Business Editor

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Samantha McDonald is the business editor at FN, covering the fashion industry from a business lens. Her beats include financial news, mergers and acquisitions, legal developments, executive moves and the retail trade. Prior to joining FN, she served as the news editor at The Zoe Report. She has a master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and studied journalism at the University of North Texas. Her home is in Dallas, and she lived in Manila for a decade.

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