FOX News Channel (FNC) has hired veteran media reporter Howard Kurtz,
announced Michael Clemente, Executive Vice President of News for the
network. He will begin in this new role on July 1st.
Kurtz will anchor a version of what is now called Fox News Watch,
which focuses on the media, with a new format during the weekends.
Additionally, he will serve as an on-air analyst for a variety of
programs throughout the week, while also writing a regular column on
FoxNews.com, commenting on social media news, industry trends and
breakthroughs, in addition to looking at how media are used in politics.
Meanwhile, Jon Scott, current anchor of FOX News Watch, who won
an Emmy for his writing at NBC’s Dateline, will move to the
specials unit where he will serve as anchor.
In making the announcement, Clemente said, “Howie is the most
accomplished media reporter in the country. He’s also a master of social
media trends, information good and bad, and a veteran political
reporter. Altogether, he will add even greater depth to a very
accomplished team of reporters and anchors.”
Kurtz added, “I’m excited to be bringing my independent brand of media
criticism to Fox News. I want to thank CNN for giving me such a prime
opportunity over the years and was tempted to continue, but the chance
to create a revamped program and establish a strong online presence was
too good to pass up. I hope to add a new dimension to Fox’s coverage and
have some fun while diving into the passionate debates about the press
and politics.”
Since 1998, Kurtz has been the host of CNN’s weekly media criticism
program, Reliable Sources, where he has scrutinized the
performance and biases of the media. Until recently, he served as the
Washington, D.C. bureau chief writing on the intersection of politics
and media for The Daily Beast and Newsweek. Prior to that
role, Kurtz spent 29 years at The Washington Post in various
capacities. He became the media reporter for the paper in 1990 and wrote
the weekly Media Notes column, which was widely read
throughout the industry. Kurtz joined The Washington Post in
1981, after being hired by Bob Woodward, and went on to serve as a
justice department and congressional reporter, New York bureau chief and
deputy national editor before covering the media beat as a reporter,
columnist and blogger.
A graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and
the author of five books, including Media Circus, Reality Show
and the New York Times bestseller Spin Cycle, Kurtz has
also contributed to a number of magazines ranging from Vanity Fair
to New York.
FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service
dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and business
news. A top five cable network, FNC has been the most watched news
channel in the country for more than eleven years and according to
Public Policy Polling, is the most trusted television news source in the
country. Owned by News Corp., FNC is available in more than 90 million
homes and dominates the cable news landscape, routinely notching the top
ten programs in the genre.
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