Shepard Smith

Journalist

Shepard Smith was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States on January 14th, 1964 and is the Journalist. At the age of 60, Shepard Smith biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
January 14, 1964
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States
Age
60 years old
Zodiac Sign
Capricorn
Networth
$25 Million
Salary
$10 Million
Profession
Broadcast Journalist, Reporter, Television Presenter
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Education
University of Mississippi
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Virginia Donald, ​ ​(m. 1987; div. 1993)​
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Shepard Smith Career

Career

Smith began his television career with WCJB-TV in Gainesville, Florida, then with WJHG-TV in Panama City Beach, Florida. Smith started as a reporter for A Current Affair in Fort Myers, WSVN in Miami, and WCPX-TV in Orlando.

Smith began working as a reporter for Fox affiliate service News Edge in 1996 and joined Fox News Channel at its inception in 1996. Smith, a Fox News contributor, spoke out about Princess Diana's death in 1997, President Bill Clinton's 1998 impeachment trial, the 1999 Columbine High School bombing, the murder of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and Michael Jackson's death in 2009.

Shepard Smith's 2003 Fox Report was ranked third among the top five cable news shows in the United States, and Smith came in second, behind Dan Rather and Peter Jennings as the most reliable news anchor on both network and cable news. Smith signed a three-year deal for $7–$8 million per year on November 19, 2007. On October 26, 2010, he renewed his Fox contract for another three years. He took over Fox News breaking news division as the host of Shepard Smith Reporting on September 12, 2013.

The man fired himself while narrating an Arizona police chase of a man after a carjacking in September 2012. Smith apologized and told the audience that it was "due to human error." Since the man's wife's children saw the video, Fox would be sued later.

In November 2017, Smith enraged some Fox News viewers by arguing that the Obama administration interfered corruptly in a contract that allowed a Russian firm to purchase Uranium One, a Canadian company with uranium mining interests in the United States, in exchange for contributions to the Clinton Foundation. Smith's reporting put him at odds with colleague and Fox News prime time host Sean Hannity, who had endorsed the allegation against Hillary Clinton.

Fox News News signed Smith to a multi-year deal on March 15, 2018. He revealed on Shepard Smith Reporting that he was leaving the network on October 11, 2019.

Christiane Amanpour, a 2021 CNN analyst, said that his presence on Fox had been "untenable" due to the network's "falsehoods" and "lies" deliberately spread.

Smith will join CNBC as the chief general news anchor and chief breaking news anchor on July 8, 2020. Smith is the host of The News with Shepard Smith, a primetime general news show that airs on weekdays at 7:00 p.m. ET and the Netflix brand were announced on September 30, 2020. According to a CNBC press release, the initiative "aims] to go beyond financial markets and "to tell rich, deeply reported stories about the entire globe of global news." From 2002 to 2004, CNBC had a similar name on the same time slot, hosted by Brian Williams and later John Seigenthaler.

Smith warned of authoritarian regimes that make it impossible and impossible for journalists to do their jobs, and that journalists should take advantage of social media to support their positions. Smith donated $500,000 to the host organization, the Committee to Protect Journalists.

In the 1997 film Volcano, Smith appeared as himself.

In the film Fahrenheit 9/11, Smith anchoring on Fox News during the first moments of the 2003 Iraq War was used. In addition, archive footage of Smith reporting the 2016 US presidential election was used in the 2019 docudrama Bombshell.

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Noah Oppenheim, the president of NBC News, is leaving his position in a big leadership restructure

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 11, 2023
As the network undergoes a significant change of its leadership, NBC News president Noah Oppenheim is leaving the network after five years. Rebecca Blumenstein, a deputy managing editor at the New York Times, will be named as the new president of editorial for NBC News, replacing Oppenheim. Blumenstein, a long history in print and digital publishing, but lacks expertise in television news, will lead NBC News at a time of rapid change in technology and customer preferences.'

Despite promising diversity, the NBCUniversal chairman was slammed after firing the LGBTQ anchor and black anchor

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 4, 2022
Despite launching a scheme to diversify the company's news anchors, NBCUniversal fired LGBTQ anchor Shepard Smith and black anchor Tiffany Cross, a move that directly contradicts chairman Cesar Conde's proposed diversification strategy. Conde's previous efforts have stated that the network intends to broaden the number of communities represented by their anchors, but the recent firings indicate that those efforts are no longer a priority. Smith, who was known for his long career with Fox News, left the network in 2019, but his show The News with Shepard Smith was cancelled due to a shift toward business news. On Friday, news of Cross' firing was announced, and her analyst show Cross Connection has regularly caused headaches for the network as a result of her vocal remarks. NBCUniversal's first undergraduate and community college students started the NBCUniversal Academy, a journalism education and enrichment service that provides them with valuable insights through hands-on experience with the network's journalists.

Two years after he abruptly left Fox News, CNBC Cancel Smith's News Show 2 years after he dramatically ended it

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 3, 2022
Shepard Smith's CNBC show was cancelled two years after he joined the news organization after leaving Fox News. Officials at CNBC announced that The News with Shepard Smith will halt sometime this month as the organization shifts its attention away from company gossip to business news. Smith's spot on CNBC will be taken over by a new finance show, but it's unclear who will be the host.
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