Harris Kimberly Faulkner (born October 1965) is an American newscaster and television host for Fox News Channel. Faulkner is the anchor of Fox Report and a co-anchor on Outnumbered. Since October 2, 2017, she is hosting her own program, Outnumbered Overtime.
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Early life and education
Faulkner was born in October 1965 at Fort McPherson in Atlanta, Georgia. Her father, retired Lieutenant Colonel Bob Harris, a United States Army officer and Army Aviator, was stationed at the base and had served three tours in Vietnam. Faulkner lived in different places as a child, including Stuttgart, Germany.
Faulkner attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and graduated with a B.A. in mass communications.
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Career
Faulkner's start in journalism was with LA Weekly where she contributed as a freelance business writer for $50 per article. Faulkner started her television career with an internship at KCOP-TV in Los Angeles doing small tasks before she moved to Greenville, North Carolina to work as a reporter and anchor at WNCT-TV.
Faulkner worked for Kansas City's WDAF-TV between March 1992 through 2000 as an evening anchor. While in Kansas City, Faulkner was the victim of harassment and stalking by a former acquaintance who followed her from North Carolina.
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.
She was a correspondent for the 2005 revival of A Current Affair until its cancellation in October of the same year.
She previously presented Fox News Live headline updates during prime-time weekdays. Faulkner has been covering breaking news between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m ET. She also fills in for Shepard Smith as a substitute anchor on The Fox Report weekdays, and she anchors Fox News Extra segments that air on the international feed of Fox News. She has also appeared as a guest-panelist on Fox News Channel's late-night satire show Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld, prior to the departure of Gutfeld from that show. Faulkner is also a motivational speaker and works for various charitable causes.
In April 2014, Faulkner began working as one of the co-hosts on the daytime Fox News show Outnumbered.
Honors and awards
Faulkner has received six Emmy Awards including the 2005 Emmy for Best Newscaster and Best News Special.
Personal life
Faulkner married former WCCO-TV reporter Tony Berlin in 2003 and they have two daughters.
In September 2015, Faulkner sued toy manufacturer Hasbro for $5 million claiming a plastic toy hamster in its Littlest Pet Shop line was an unauthorized use of her name and likeness. In October 2016, Faulkner settled her suit with Hasbro and the toy hamster ceased to be produced by the company.
Published works
- Faulkner, Harris (November 1, 1999). Breaking News: God Has A Plan - An Anchorwoman's Journey Through Faith. Leawood, Kansas: Leather's Publishing. ISBN 9781585970117.
References
External links
- Official website
- Fox News biography
- Fox News Insider biography
- Premiere Speakers Bureau biography
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