Shepard Smith
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Born | January 14, 1964 Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States |
Occupation | Host of Studio B & The Fox Report (Fox News Channel) |
Shepard Smith (born David Shepard Smith, Jr. on January 14, 1964 in Holly Springs, Mississippi) is an American TV news anchor. He is host of The Fox Report with Shepard Smith and Studio B weekdays on the Fox News Channel. In addition, he anchors the 5:00 p.m. ET weekday news update on Fox News Radio, also titled the Fox Report.
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Education and personal life
Smith attended Marshall Academy, a K–12 private school in Holly Springs, Mississippi.
Smith went on to attend the University of Mississippi. He majored in journalism, but left a few credits shy of graduation requirements. He frequently returns to the university during college football season.
Smith has declined to answer questions about his private life.[1]
Career
Smith signed his first television contract with WJHG-TV in Panama City Beach, Florida. He worked as a reporter at WCJB-TV in Gainesville, Florida (1985), reporter/anchor in Miami with WSVN-TV and as a reporter at WCPX-TV (now WKMG-TV) in Orlando. In Los Angeles, he was a correspondent for A Current Affair. He joined Fox News at its inception in 1996.
The St. Petersburg Times reported that Smith was arrested in Florida on November 17, 2000 for aggravated battery with a motor vehicle.[2] The alleged victim was Maureen Walsh, another reporter. Both were in Florida covering the Florida election crisis during the 2000 United States presidential election. According to the Tallahassee Democrat, on July 20, 2001, the charge "was reduced to misdemeanor battery" and dismissed "after both sides agreed to a confidential payoff" in June 2001.[3]
In 2001, Smith was one of the media witnesses to the execution of Timothy McVeigh in Terre Haute, Indiana. Smith appeared as himself in the film Volcano. Video of Smith anchoring on Fox News Channel during the opening moments of the March 2003, U.S. led, Iraq invasion was used in the documentary film Fahrenheit 9/11.
In late August 2005, Smith went to New Orleans, Louisiana to report on Hurricane Katrina for the Fox News Channel. He spent a little over a week in the French Quarter area of the city and faced the wrath of the storm for several hours during its worst moments in the city on August 29. He worked to bring awareness to the fact that people were out on the highway for several days without food and water.
The Fox Report with Shepard Smith remains the top-rated newscast in cable news and is ranked third in the top programs in cable news.[4] Smith is currently the longest-running news anchor for an evening broadcast of this format and style on both cable and 'the big three' network news. Shepard Smith was voted the second most trusted news anchor on both network and cable news by the readers of TV Guide.
References
- ^ Sheff, David (June 2006). "Playboy Interview: Shepard Smith". Playboy 53 (6): 53-58,152-154.
- ^ Oppel, Shelby. "National TV anchor is accused of battery", St. Petersburg Times Online, 2000-11-18. Retrieved on 2006-10-08.
- ^ "Charge against news anchor dismissed", Tallahassee Democrat, 2001-07-20. Retrieved on 2006-11-11.
- ^ Meet the Hosts of FOX News. XMRadio.com. Retrieved on 2006-11-11.