Rich Edson joined FOX Business Network (FBN) in September 2007 as a Washington, D.C.-based reporter.

Since early 2007, he was a freelance reporter for Reuters based in Washington D.C. covering international news. Prior to joining Reuters, Edson was a government reporter for WTGS-TV (FOX) and WJCL-TV (ABC) in Savannah, Georgia, where he founded the station's first political reporting unit and coordinated government coverage.

Edson began his career at Service Electric's News 2 in Allentown, PA, where he was a sports anchor and general assignment reporter.

He is a graduate of Rutgers University and received a Master's degree in journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.