Heather Childers | |
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 Childers in 2012 | |
| Born | Heather Star Childers (1969-01-07)January 7, 1969 (age 56)[1] |
| Education | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | Televisionnews anchor andcorrespondent |
| Years active | 1992–present |
Heather Star Childers[2] is an American television news anchor. She was a former anchor of the first hour ofFox & Friends First forFox News Channel, and worked for the organization from 2010 until 2020.
Childers was born inHartsville, South Carolina, and grew up inCharlotte, North Carolina.[3] She graduated fromMyers Park High School[3][4] in 1987.[1] Childers attended theUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte, then graduated from theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with an undergraduate degree in English.[1]
Childers began her professional career atWCNC-TV in Charlotte as a producer and reporter in the early 1990s.[3] She worked for television news stations inAlbany, Georgia[3] and thenAsheville, North Carolina,[3] atWLOS, the ABC affiliate there.[4] She moved toNews 14 Carolina in 2002 as an anchor.[3]
Childers came to Fox News Channel in November 2010 as a reporter, and became an anchor forAmerica's News Headquarters in August 2011.[4] She later became an early-morning host at Fox;[5] beginning in 2017, she was the host of the first installment ofFox & Friends First, from 4-5 a.m.[3]
In April 2012, Childers posted aTwitter message linking to an article from a fringe website promoting"birther" conspiracy theories; the article suggested that theBarack Obama campaign had threatened the life ofChelsea Clinton if the Clintons spoke of "Obama's birth certificate or lack thereof." In response to criticism of the tweet, Childers said that she was "asking for opinion."[6] Like other Fox News hosts, Childers has questioned thescientific consensus on climate change,suggesting on air in 2016 that "the science is still in question."[7]
In March 2020, Fox News took Childers off the air after she came to work and appeared on air while ill during theCOVID-19 pandemic. The network confirmed the termination of her contract in July 2020, after several months where she did not appear on the network. Childers had tested negative for COVID-19, and tweeted at the network several times to ask to return to her position.[5][8] In November 2020, she began co-anchoringAmerican Agenda alongsideBob Sellers onNewsmax TV.[9]
