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Caroline Hudson

Reporter/Charlotte

Finance

Caroline Hudson covers finance for Modern Healthcare. She previously was the banking and finance editor at the Charlotte Business Journal, where she spent almost five years. Caroline is a lifelong North Carolinian and a diehard Tar Heel. She received her bachelor's degree in journalism from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2015.

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