Jamie Nell Colby is an American former national news correspondent and anchor for
Fox News
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. Her last assignment was to host the show, ''
Strange Inheritance'', on
Fox Business Network and was formerly co-host of ''
America's News Headquarters'' with
Eric Shawn on Sunday mornings. In February 2019, Colby and Fox News Channel parted ways.
Career
Colby has worked for Fox News since July 2003 as National News Correspondent and Anchor. Prior to joining FOX News Channel, Colby was a correspondent for CNN and served as an anchor and reporter for CBS News including fill-in anchor for CBS's ''
Up to the Minute''. She was also an anchor for WPIX/WB-11 New York, a reporter at WNYW FOX 5 New York, and a correspondent/co-anchor on FOX News' WebMD TV. Colby is an attorney admitted to practice law in New York, California, Florida and the District of Columbia.
She has received such honors as the Edward R. Murrow National Award in 2002 for her coverage of the
September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks, also known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. Nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners, crashing the first two into ...
; the
Gracie Award for investigative reporting in 2000, and the Clarion Award from the Association for Women in Communications. She was also named Television Week's "Rising News Star To Watch".
Aside from her journalism career, Colby, an attorney, served in private practice for 10 years. Her law practice began with a Hollywood entertainment firm that assigned her to ''
The Tonight Show
''The Tonight Show'' is an American late-night talk show that has been broadcast on NBC since 1954. The program has been hosted by six comedians: Steve Allen (1954–1957), Jack Paar (1957–1962), Johnny Carson (1962–1992), Jay Leno (1992–2 ...
''. At 22, she worked for
Johnny Carson
John William Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American television host, comedian, and writer best known as the host of NBC's ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' (1962–1992). Carson is a cultural phenomenon and w ...
during his contract renewal with NBC and also his divorce.
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Personal
Attending the University of Miami
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's International School of Business, she earned a Bachelor of Business Administration
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degree in accounting as well as a Juris Doctor
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degree from the University of Miami School of Law at age 22.
References
External links
Biography at FOXNews.com
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Living people
Television personalities from New York City
University of Miami School of Law alumni
Fox News people
Journalists from Queens, New York
Year of birth missing (living people)
University of Miami Business School alumni
21st-century American women journalists
21st-century American journalists