Edith Ann "E.D."Hill (néeTarbox; born July 27, 1961), known professionally asE.D. Donahey during her second marriage, is an American journalist. She has been a news anchor and radio host and formerly worked for theFox News Channel.^[1][2]

Hill earned herbachelor's degree injournalism from theUniversity of Texas at Austin, located inAustin, Texas, where she was a member ofDelta Gamma sorority.

She was aVJ forVH1 from September 1986 to August 1987. She landed roles as a reporter and spent time atWPXI-TV,^[3]WHDH-TV, andWABC-TV where she was brought in to co-anchor the station's morning newscast as well as its just launched midday broadcast. During this time Hill was still using her maiden name, Edye Tarbox.

In 1998, Hill joined theFox News, where she served as an anchor forFox & Friends from 1998 to 2006. She later moved to the 2:00 p.m. hour after serving as host of the 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. block ofFox News Live from 2006 until her showAmerica's Pulse was canceled in 2008. She also co-hostedBill O'Reilly'sThe Radio Factor for five years. She had also substituted for Bill O'Reilly onThe O'Reilly Factor.

In 2007, the television-industry blogTV Newser reported that it had been given a copy of an internal Fox News Channel memorandum that gave the following description ofAmerica's Pulse: "During this hour, E. D. will present the news in a fair & balanced way with her own passionate style and sense of humor."^[4]

On the June 6, 2008, episode ofAmerica's Pulse, Hill asked whether afist bump between then-presidential candidateBarack Obama, and his wifeMichelle, after the final 2008 Presidential Democratic primaries was a "terrorist fist jab". Hill, introducing an upcoming discussion before a commercial break, posited that the gesture was either "A fist bump? A pound? [or] A terrorist fist jab?," but never explained the term when the segment continued after the break.^[5] The incident set off a controversy among bloggers and television commentators.^[6][7][8][9] Hill apologized for her comments the next day.^[10] The next week, theFox News Channel announced that Hill's showAmerica's Pulse had been canceled.Martha McCallum's showThe Live Desk would become two hours (1–3 p.m.), andTrace Gallagher would become a co-host with McCallum.^[11]

In November 2008, after the general election, it was announced that Hill's contract with Fox would not be renewed. She would continue with the network until her contract expired. Senior Vice President of Programming at Fox Bill Shine says that he "chose not to renew E.D.'s latest contract" but noted that "Hill has been a valued contributor to the success of FNC over the years, and we wish her all the best".^[12]

On October 14, 2008, Hill was a guest co-host of theABC daytime showThe View, then returned to co-host again on September 23, 2009 and September 25, 2009, whileElisabeth Hasselbeck was on maternity leave;^[13] she also hosted on July 28, 2010, whileBarbara Walters was on leave.

In February 2011, it was announced that she would be joining the staff ofIn the Arena withEliot Spitzer on CNN,^[1] but just five months later CNN elected to cancel the show instead.^[2]

Glenn Beck announced on his GBTV Show August 20, 2012 that E.D. Hill would be part of GBTV's on-site coverage of the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL.

On October 6, 2012, Hill moderatedThe Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium, a debate betweenBill O'Reilly andJon Stewart.^[14]

Hill won a localEmmy Award for Outstanding News Special while working forWHDH-TV in Boston (1990–91), and has also received a Golden Quill Award for live spot news reporting.^{[citation needed]}

In November 2005,William Morrow published Hill's first book, a collection of personal profiles entitledGoing Places: How America's Best and Brightest Got Started Down the Road of Life. Her next book,I'm Not Your Friend, I'm Your Parent, was published in the United States 2007 and published in China in 2010.

On April 29, 1989, while a news anchor atWPXI-TV inPittsburgh, she married Marc Philip Weill (the son of financierSanford Weill), at the time a vice president ofSmith Barney, Harris Upham & Company in New York City, New York.^[16] They had two children and divorced in 1995.^[17][18]

Her second marriage was to J. David Donahey, with whom she has one son.

In February 2002, she announced her engagement to her boyfriend of two years venture capitalist Joe Hill. They married June 1, 2002. He has three children from a previous marriage, and together they have a daughter and a son.^[17]

In February 2010, she underwent a preventivedouble mastectomy.^[17][18]

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