FOX News Channel Names Ed Henry Co-Anchor of America’s Newsroom
December 19 2019 - 10:31AM
Business Wire
FOX News Channel (FNC) has named Ed Henry as the co-anchor of
America’s Newsroom (weekdays, 9AM-12PM/ET), announced Jay Wallace,
president and executive editor of FOX News Media. Henry will begin
his new role alongside co-anchor Sandra Smith starting January 20,
2020.
In commenting on the announcement, Wallace said, “Ed is one of
the best all-around journalists in the field and his ability to
transition from breaking news to anchor has made him a valuable
addition to the team. I have no doubt he’ll excel alongside Sandra
Smith as co-anchor of America’s Newsroom.”
Henry added, “It has been an incredible honor to cover major
breaking news here at home and all around the world as chief
national correspondent and chief White House correspondent before
that. Now I am grateful to take that experience to the anchor desk,
and help kick off our news coverage every single morning.”
As co-anchor of America’s Newsroom, Henry will join Smith each
morning to break down the latest headlines as well as provide
interviews with key newsmakers. Since launching in 2009 with Bill
Hemmer, the network’s staple three-hour news program has dominated
the competition, averaging more than 1.7 million total viewers and
nearly 270,000 in the key 25-54 demographic. Hemmer was recently
named to anchor his own signature news hour at 3pm entitled Bill
Hemmer Reports which will also debut on January 20th.
Most recently, Henry served as the FNC’s chief national
correspondent and since November has anchored an hour of breaking
news coverage on both Saturdays and Sundays on America’s News HQ
(weekends, 12-1PM/ET). In this capacity he has scored exclusive,
timely, and high-profile interviews, including a two-part interview
with outgoing Energy Secretary Rick Perry on his legacy at the
department. While anchoring this program, his interviews with
President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and Congressman and
Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee Devin Nunes made
national headlines. He has also co-hosted Fox & Friends Weekend
for the last two years.
Throughout his tenure with FNC, Henry has contributed to the
network’s major breaking news events as well as led some of the
most groundbreaking interviews with elected officials, including
his 2018 interview with then-Environmental Protection Agency
Administrator Scott Pruitt. The interview was widely praised and
recognized by the White House Correspondents Association, which
honored Henry with the 2019 Merriman Smith Memorial Award for
excellence in presidential news coverage.
In 2018, Henry contributed to FNC’s coverage of the U.S. Summit
with North Korea in Vietnam, where he anchored the hour-long summit
preview live from Hanoi, Vietnam. Since joining the network in 2011
from CNN, he served as the network’s chief White House
correspondent and covered former Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton’s 2016 presidential bid, breaking news for his line of
questioning about her private server. Additionally, Henry
interviewed former President Bill Clinton on Nelson Mandela's
legacy after his death in 2013 and former Israeli President Shimon
Peres about Iran's nuclear program. Henry served as president of
the White House Correspondents' Association from 2012-2013.
The recipient of numerous journalism honors, Henry began his
career working as a Senate correspondent at Roll Call for Pulitzer
Prize-winning journalist Jack Anderson and later became a senior
editor at the publication. He also served as the chief political
analyst for WMAL-AM (ABC) and a contributing editor at
Washingtonian Magazine. Previously, he was a political analyst at
C-SPAN and WUSA-TV (CBS). He graduated from Siena College with a
B.A. in English.
About FOX News Channel
FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news
service delivering breaking news as well as political and business
news. The number one network in cable, FNC is a unit of FOX News
Media and has been the most watched television news channel for
more than 17 consecutive years. According to a 2019 Suffolk
University poll, FOX News is the most trusted source for television
news or commentary in the country, while a 2019 Brand Keys Emotion
Engagement Brand Analysis survey found that FOX News was the most
trusted cable news brand. A 2019 Morning Consult poll reported FOX
News as the most-watched cable channel among independents in the
county. Owned by FOX Corporation, FNC is available in nearly 90
million homes and dominates the cable news landscape, routinely
notching the top ten programs in the genre.
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