Francis Rose is the host of Government Matters on ABC 7 & News Channel 8. Each night Francis speaks with leaders in government and industry on topics related to management, technology, defense and security.
Francis is an award-winning broadcaster, journalist, speaker and writer. He has covered all three branches of the federal government as a broadcast journalist since 1998. He was host of “In Depth with Francis Rose” on Federal News Radio from 2008 to 2015 after joining the station in 2006. His guest list has included virtually every important name in the federal government.
Before joining Federal News Radio, he covered the executive and legislative branches of government as a host and anchor on C-SPAN Radio. While at the network, he hosted the weekly “Supreme Court Oral Argument” and produced and hosted countless long-form historical programs, including an acclaimed retrospective on the 50th anniversary of the Army-McCarthy hearings.