Jane Skinner
Jane Skinner | |
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Born | [1] | February 12, 1967
Occupation | Former co-host of 11 a.m. ET Happening Now (Fox News Channel) |
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Children | 2 |
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Jane Skinner (born February 12, 1967) is an American former daytime news anchor who worked for Fox News, co-hosting Happening Now with Jon Scott from 11 am to 1 pm ET.[2] On June 24, 2010, she announced on-air her retirement from her daytime news anchor position at the end of her usual Happening Now segment, citing a desire to spend more time with her family. She is married to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.[3]
Early life[edit]
Jane Skinner was raised in Lake Forest, Illinois, and graduated from Lake Forest High School in 1985. Skinner received her bachelor's and master's degrees from Northwestern University.
Career[edit]
Skinner began her career as a political correspondent for KBJR in Duluth, Minnesota. She joined Fox News as a general reporter from WNBC-TV in New York City. Previously, she worked at WITI in Milwaukee, where she was an anchor, establishing the station's primetime newscast after that station became a Fox affiliate. She has also been a general-assignment reporter for KMOV in St. Louis and WCSH in Portland, Maine.
Before appearing on Happening Now, Skinner hosted the 2 pm ET edition of Fox News Live and hosted a segment on Studio B called "Skinnerville". Previous to that, she hosted Sunday Best, which featured highlights from the previous week's programming on the channel. She was also featured for a time on The Big Story with John Gibson.
Personal life[edit]
Her father is Sam Skinner, former Secretary of Transportation and White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush. On October 25, 1997, she married now-NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell[4] and resides in Westchester, New York, with their twin daughters, born in 2001.
References[edit]
- ^ "Anchor Birthdays". TVHeads.com. Retrieved December 21, 2006.
- ^ Ariens, Chris (November 2, 2007). "FNC Changes Up Daytime". MediaBistro.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2009. Retrieved November 3, 2007.
- ^ Weprin, Alex (June 24, 2010). "Jane Skinner Leaving Fox News". TVNewser via MediaBistro.com. Archived from the original on June 28, 2010. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
- ^ Schefter, Adam (August 8, 2006). "Goodell now comes to the forefront". NFL.com. Archived from the original on March 13, 2007. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
External links[edit]
Media related to Jane Skinner at Wikimedia Commons
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Television anchors from Chicago
- American reporters and correspondents
- American television journalists
- American women television journalists
- Fox News people
- Lake Forest High School (Illinois) alumni
- Northwestern University alumni
- 20th-century American women
- 21st-century American women
- 20th-century American journalists
- 21st-century American journalists