Martha MacCallum
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| Born | 1964 |
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| Occupation | Host of The Live Desk (Fox News Channel) |
| Website Biography on FoxNews.com |
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Martha Bowes MacCallum is a news anchor on Fox News Channel. She joined the network in 2004, and is based in the New York City bureau. Currently, she hosts The Live Desk at 1:00 p.m. ET.
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[edit] Career
In 1992 MacCallum was an associate in corporate relations at Dow Jones & Company in New York [1].
MacCallum began her journalism career as a reporter for Corporate Finance magazine. Before Fox, MacCallum was an anchor/reporter on CNBC's Morning Call with Martha MacCallum and Ted David in addition to Checkpoint, an evening show which examined the business side of security and war. Prior to those shows, she frequently contributed to The News with Brian Williams, Today, NBC affiliates, and CNBC World. In addition, MacCallum also created the series "Inside the Business" for Business Center, a past show on CNBC.
Before CNBC, MacCallum was an anchor & reporter for WBIS-TV, a sports and business network in New York, in 1996. Prior to that, she was at Wall Street Journal Television where she served as a business news correspondent and anchor for The Wall Street Journal Report, World Market Outlook and Business USA from 1991 to 1996.
[edit] Personal life
Martha was born and raised in Wyckoff, New Jersey. She referred to the town as being "country" in her Fox Fans video. After graduating from Ramapo High School in nearby Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, MacCallum earned a bachelor's degree from St. Lawrence University.[2] She later studied at the Circle in the Square Theater School in New York. She is a founding member of the Miranda Theater Company in New York [3].
She currently lives in Ridgewood, New Jersey.[2] She has been married to Daniel Gregory since August 1992; she has chosen not to adopt her husband's last name, at least not in her public persona as an anchorwoman. Together they have three children: daughter Elizabeth (born 1996), son Reed (born 1998) and son Harry (born 2001).[2] She is a practicing Roman Catholic.
[edit] Quote
- "There's a bit of Ron Burgundy in every newsroom."[4]
[edit] References
- ^ WEDDINGS; Ms. MacCallum, Daniel J. Gregory - New York Times
- ^ a b c Rohan, Virginia. "Professional juggler", The Record (Bergen County), November 13, 2005. Accessed June 8, 2007. ""I'm sort of half in one world, half in the other at this point of the day, says MacCallum, a Wyckoff native who has lived in Ridgewood since her elder son was 2 weeks old.... After attending Sicomac School and Ramapo High School, MacCallum moved on to St. Lawrence University, majoring in political science."
- ^ WEDDINGS; Ms. MacCallum, Daniel J. Gregory - New York Times
- ^ Quote from thinkexist.com
