Harris Faulkner Explained

Harris Faulkner
Birth Name:Harris Kimberley Faulkner
Birth Date:13 October 1965
Birth Place:Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Education:University of California, Santa Barbara (BA)
Occupation:Television presenter and news anchor
Employer:Fox Entertainment
Children:2

Harris Kimberley Faulkner (born October 13, 1965) is an American newscaster and television host who joined the Fox News Channel[1] in 2005.[2] She anchors The Faulkner Focus, a daily daytime show, and hosts Outnumbered.[3] Additionally, she hosts her own primetime political franchise called Town Hall America with Harris Faulkner.[4] She has received six Emmy Awards,[5] including the 2005 Upper Midwest Emmy Awards for Best Newscaster (nominee) and Best News Special (recipient).[6]

Early life

Faulkner was born on October 13, 1965, at Fort McPherson in Atlanta, Georgia.[7] [8] Her father, retired Lieutenant Colonel Bobby R. Harris, a United States Army officer and Army Aviator,[9] [10] was stationed at the base and had served three tours in Vietnam.[11] Faulkner lived in different places as a child, including in a United States military installation in Stuttgart in West Germany, while her father was still serving as an US Army pilot.[11] [12]

Faulkner attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, and graduated with a B.A. in mass communications.[13]

Career

Faulkner's start was with LA Weekly, where she contributed as a freelance business writer for $50 per article.[14] Faulkner started her television career with an internship at KCOP-TV in Los Angeles, doing small tasks, then moved to Greenville, North Carolina, to work as a reporter and anchor at WNCT-TV.[13] [15]

From 1992 to 2000, Faulkner worked for Kansas City's WDAF-TV as an evening anchor.[13] [16] While in Kansas City, Faulkner was the victim of harassment and stalking by a former acquaintance who followed her from North Carolina.[16]

Faulkner's next stop was at KSTP-TV in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, where she served as part of an evening anchor team. She left the station in July 2004.[17]

Faulkner joined Fox News in 2005.[18] She was a correspondent for the revival of A Current Affair until its cancellation in October 2005.

In April 2014, Faulkner began working as one of the co-hosts on the daytime Fox News show Outnumbered. In 2017, she became the anchor of Outnumbered Overtime, which has more of a hard news format rather than a discussion format. In early 2021, she launched her new show, The Faulkner Focus.

In June 2023, Faulkner served as a guest host of Fox News Tonight following the firing of Tucker Carlson.[20] On that show she proclaimed that religion was under attack, "Women and children are being redesigned by some sort of mad leftist science experiment," and that her pronouns were "U.S.A."[21]

Honors and awards

While at ABC's St. Paul affiliate KSTP, Faulkner received four regional Emmy Awards, including Best Anchor three years in a row (2002, 2003, and 2004) and for anchoring a news special, "Eyewitness to War".[22] In 1998, she was awarded the Amelia Earhart Pioneering Lifetime Achievement Award for her humanitarian efforts.[23] In 2021, she was honored by Varietys 2021 New York Women's Impact Report for her 2020 interview with then-president Donald Trump after the murder of George Floyd.[24]

Personal life

Faulkner married former WCCO-TV reporter Tony Berlin in 2003.[17] The couple have two daughters.[25]

In September 2015, Faulkner sued Hasbro for $5 million, claiming a plastic hamster in its Littlest Pet Shop line was an unauthorized use of her name and likeness.[26] Hasbro settled with Faulkner in October 2016, agreeing to cease production of the toy.[27] [28]

Published works

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: '9 Rules of Engagement' by Harris Faulkner. 2018-06-05. Fox News. en-US. 2019-06-19.
  2. Web site: Interview with Fox News Channel's Harris Faulkner. www.luxurytravelmagazine.com. 2019-06-19.
  3. Web site: Harris Faulkner. Hays. Charlotte. iwf.org. en. 2019-06-19.
  4. News: DETAILS: Fox News Channel to Launch New Daytime Lineup. 2017-09-26. Fox News Insider. 2017-09-27 . en.
  5. Web site: Harris Faulkner . foxnews.com . Fox News Media . 1 December 2021.
  6. Web site: 2005 UPPER MIDWEST EMMY AWARDS NOMINEES & RECIPIENTS . midwestemmys.org . National Academy of Television and Sciences: Upper Midwest Chapter . 7 June 2023.
  7. Book: Breaking News: God Has A Plan - An Anchorwoman's Journey Through Faith . 1585970115 . Harris Kimberley Faulkner was born in October 1965 on an Army base in Atlanta, Georgia. Her father, a pilot, served two combat tours in Vietnam.. Faulkner . Harris . 1999. 1 . Leathers Pub. .
  8. Web site: Lippman . Daniel . Birthday of the Day: Fox News' Harris Faulkner . . October 16, 2018 . October 13, 2018.
  9. Web site: Statement from Secretary Robert Wilkie on the passing of Lt. Col. Bobby Harris . www.va.gov . Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs . 4 April 2023 . en . 28 December 2020.
  10. Web site: Bobby Harris Obituary (1937 - 2020) . The Dallas Morning News . 4 April 2023 . Dallas, TX.
  11. Web site: VetFamily Harris Faulkner Inspired To Serve . February 18, 2011 . VeteransAdvantage.com . November 26, 2014.
  12. Web site: Introducing... Harris Faulkner (Fox News) . 15 February 2006 . 31 July 2024.
  13. . Fox Names Harris Faulkner Anchor of 'Fox Report Weekend' . . April 2011 . November 26, 2014.
  14. Web site: Woman Around Town: Harris Faulkner Tells Her Story . https://archive.today/20141126190249/http://www.womanaroundtown.com/locations/new-york/woman-around-town-harris-faulkner-tells-her-story . dead . November 26, 2014 . Weaver . Robin . February 13, 2013 . WomanAroundTown.com . November 26, 2014 .
  15. Bazilian . Emma . September 22, 2014 . Fox News' 'Outnumbered' Host Harris Faulkner Discusses the Role of Social Media in Journalism . . November 26, 2014.
  16. News: November 27, 1995 . Stalking law puts end to harassment of newscaster . The Salina Journal.
  17. News: February 4, 2012 . C.J. Q&A: Harris Faulkner reflects on life at Fox News . . November 26, 2014.
  18. Web site: Bauder . David . Fox's Harris Faulkner is used to people making presumptions . July 16, 2020 . . July 17, 2020.
  19. Web site: Fox Report Weekend. Fox News. en. 2019-06-19.
  20. Web site: Darwish . Meaghan . June 2, 2023 . Harris Faulkner to Host 'Fox News Tonight' Next Week . June 3, 2023 . TV Insider . en-US.
  21. News: Vaillancourt . William . Fox News Host Proclaims Her Pronouns 'U.S.A.' in Weird Monologue . 6 June 2023 . The Daily Beast.
  22. https://midwestemmys.org/?x=0&y=0&s=Harris+Faulkner Midwest Emmys organization website
  23. Web site: Leadership Organization for Women I Quad Cities Conference. www.wlcglobal.org. 2019-06-19.
  24. News: Katz . A. J. . This Year's Variety's New York Women's Impact Report Features More Than a Dozen TV Newsers . . May 5, 2021. "My being an African American journalist seemed to intensify the political optics and raise the stakes for the president", she says. "By the end of our discussion, he told me that he had done more for Black Americans than Lincoln. And I reminded [him], 'Well, we are free, Mr. President.'".
  25. News: Rosenberg . Alyssa . April 28, 2014 . Fox News's 'Outnumbered' debuts, and the joke is on liberals . . . November 26, 2014.
  26. Web site: Fox Anchor Harris Faulkner Sues Over Hasbro's 'Harris Faulkner' Toy Hamster . Johnson . M. Alex . September 1, 2015 . . September 2, 2015.
  27. News: Gardner . Eriq . October 5, 2016 . Fox News Anchor Harris Faulkner Settles Lawsuit Over Hasbro's Toy Hamster . . January 2, 2016.
  28. News: Patten . Dominic . October 5, 2016 . Fox News' Harris Faulkner & Hasbro Settle Lawsuit Over 'Harris Faulkner' Hamster . . January 2, 2016.

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