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Claim your profileRiya Bhattacharjee is a Breaking News Editor for CNBC based out of the network’s West Coast bureau in San Francisco. An Emmy and national Murrow-winning journalist, Riya has over 15+ years of experience in digital, social and broadcast media at NBC, CNBC and Microsoft’s MSN News, managing and collaborating with teams across platforms, brands, apps and newsrooms globally. Riya was previously digital managing editor for NBC Bay Area where she managed a team of digital editors, producers and video journalists while overseeing breaking news coverage and social and digital strategy. She has led breaking news coverage of major national stories, including two of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history, which won multiple national Edward R. Murrow awards. Before NBC, she was an editor and producer for Microsoft’s MSN News, where she was part of its first team of reporters, covering tech, business, national and world news.