Ted Merz, CFA, Bloomberg’s Global Head of News Product, joined CFA Society Chicago on December 1, 2020, to talk about the biggest year for news in almost two decades. Merz discussed how the global pandemic is changing how many financial professionals monitor breaking news, how the surge in coverage is prompting traders and portfolio managers to turn to social media and methods used to translate and summarize content in order to keep up with the onslaught.