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Debra Fox is the founder and CEO of Fox Learning Systems. She was previously a television reporter and anchor with
WTAE-TV WTAE-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, affiliated with ABC. It has been owned by Hearst Television since the station's inception, making this one of two stations that have been built and signe ...
Pittsburgh (1976–1986).


WTAE television career

Fox was named "Best Pittsburgh Newscaster" seven years in a row by the '' Pittsburgh Tribune Review''. During her ten-year television career, she was able to interview many prominent national figures such as Presidents
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,
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(during the
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),
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,
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, Governor
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, Senator
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, Senator
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, Reverend
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,
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and
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. She also covered the
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in San Francisco. After having her first child in 1986, she retired from WTAE.


''The Golden Land''

In 1990, Fox took over for
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in PBS's series "The Golden Land". This was a documentary about the history of
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in the context of the
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Fox Learning Systems

In 1997, Debra founded Fox Learning Systems after personally experiencing problems in the
long-term care Long-term care (LTC) is a variety of services which help meet both the medical and non-medical needs of people with a chronic illness or disability who cannot care for themselves for long periods. Long-term care is focused on individualized and ...
industry. Using her on-camera experiences, Fox set out to produce software and educational material that makes eldercare staff training fun and exciting. Fox has started her own blog that talks about the many troubles dealing with the elder care industry


Notable appearances

*2009: Seton Hill E-Magnify "Build A World-Class Business" Conference, Keynote Speaker *2008:
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and Fox Learning Systems team up together to launch Rite Aid “Giving Care For Parents” using Fox’s educational video training *2008: Pittsburgh magazine featured article on Debra Fox Improving Eldercare through Education *2004: Feature article in E-Magnify a Seton Hill publication *2003: Keynote speaker for National Women’s Leadership conference held in Pittsburgh *2002: Speaker at the MIT forum, Pittsburgh chapter *2000: Feature Article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette speaking about the focus of Fox Learning Systems. *1991: Acted as a television news reporter in the TV Movie The 10 Million Dollar Getaway


Awards

*2007: Acceptance and successful completion of the National Institutes of Health Commercialization Assistance Program *2006: National Winner of the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry's Images of Aging Communications Award *2005: Inducted into the National Association of Women’s Presidents Organization *2004: Winner of the 50 Best Women in Business Award for PennsylvaniaList of 2004 Recipients for 50 Best Women in Business (Word Document)


References


External links


Fox Learning Systems WebsiteWTAE WebsiteDebra's Information
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