Jane Hall | |
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Born | Abilene, Texas, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Education | University of Texas at Austin (BA in English), Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (MA) |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, media commentator, academic |
Employer(s) | Fox News Channel (until 2009), American University |
Known for | Fox News Watch, The O'Reilly Factor, Reliable Sources, The American Forum |
Jane Hall was one of four regular pundits on the Fox News Channel program Fox News Watch [1] [2] and frequently appeared on The O'Reilly Factor , usually having clashes with the host. [2] She was a Fox News Channel contributor. She left Fox News in 2009. [3]
Hall is also an associate professor in the School of Communication at American University. [1]
Hall also has been editor-in-chief of the business magazine View, a staff writer at TV Guide and an associate editor at People magazine . She has published articles for Columbia Journalism Review and The Harvard Journal of Press and Politics. [4]
Hall is interviewed frequently on TV and radio, including The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Charlie Rose, CBS This Morning and National Public Radio. [2] She has moderated panels on issues in journalism at Columbia University and the Center for Communications in New York.[ citation needed ]. Hall is frequently on CNN's media show, "Reliable Sources," and is the moderator of The American Forum series on WAMU, the NPR station in Washington DC
Hall is a native of Abilene, Texas. She attended Mills College in Oakland, California, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and also holds a master's degree in journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City. [2] [5]