Martha Bowes MacCallum (born January 31, 1964) is an American journalist and news anchor for

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. She is the executive editor and anchor of ''

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'', broadcast from

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Monday through Friday at 3PM ET, and co-anchor of Fox News Election coverage. MacCallum joined the network in 2004 and is based in New York City. Her interviews with President

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, President

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, First Lady

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, Supreme Court Justice

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and others have been featured on her programs.

Early life

Martha MacCallum, the daughter of Elizabeth B. and Douglas C. MacCallum Jr., was born and grew up in

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. After graduating from Ramapo High School in

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, MacCallum earned her bachelor's degree in

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from

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in the

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of New York State, and subsequently studied at the

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, founding the Miranda Theater Company in New York. MacCallum next worked as an associate in corporate relations at

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. She began her career as a freelance researcher for ''Corporate Finance'' magazine, but the publication was sold soon after she joined.

Broadcasting career

Wall Street Journal Television

MacCallum was at Wall Street Journal Television from 1991 to 1996, where she served as a business news correspondent and anchor for ''The

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'', ''World Market Outlook'', and ''Business USA''. In 1996, she moved to WBIS-TV, a short-lived sports and business station in New York, as an anchor and reporter.

CNBC

MacCallum was next a reporter/anchor for

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from 1997 to 2003. She frequently contributed to ''

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'', ''

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'', NBC affiliate news programs, and

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before being assigned to co-anchor CNBC's '' Morning Call with Martha MacCallum and Ted David''. She also appeared on ''Checkpoint,'' an evening show which examined

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and the War on Terror. MacCallum created the series "Inside the Business" for ''Business Center'', a former CNBC show.

Fox News

MacCallum joined the

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in 2004. She hosted '' The Live Desk'' from 2006 to 2010 and ''

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'' from 2010 to 2017. MacCallum hosted the new program, ''The First 100 Days'', on

, which debuted January 9, 2017. The program averaged 3.5 million viewers in the first month, an increase of 79 percent in the time slot compared to the year before. On April 28, 2017, the show was rebranded as ''The Story with Martha MacCallum''. At the close of 2020, "The Story" was moved from the prime 7 p.m. ET time-slot to the 3 p.m. ET time-slot. In addition to hosting ''The Story,'' MacCallum serves as a fill in host on programs such as ''

'', ''The Faulkner Focus, Outnumbered,'' and ''The Five''. MacCallum has hosted two series about WWII streaming on

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. In 2023, MacCallum hosted ''The Final Journey of the Greatest Generation,'' a two-season, six-episode series about heroes of WWII taking viewers on one last journey through their personal experiences fighting against the Axis powers in Europe and the Pacific. In 2022, MacCallum began hosting ''The Secret History of World War II'' with untold stories about heroes from WWII, with three seasons and eleven episodes. In January 2019, MacCallum launched “The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum,” a twice-weekly podcast where she sits down with a major newsmaker sharing inspiring stories of positivity, perseverance, and more. In 2018, MacCallum had the first and only interview with then-Supreme Court nominee

and his wife, Ashley Estes Kavanaugh. The interview aired on ''

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'' on September 24, 2018 ''at'' 7 PM ET and was watched by 3.6 million viewers, cable news' most-watched program of the night. According to ''

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'', MacCallum earned "near-universal praise" for her interview of Kavanaugh. In July 2023, Fox News announced that MacCallum interviewed Buster Murdaugh, the last living son of Alex Murdaugh, who was convicted of murdering his wife Maggie Murdaugh and son Paul in June 2021. She presented the interview in a seven-episode

series entitled ''The Fall of the House of Murdaugh,'' covering the twists in the double homicide case with exclusive interviews, prison audio, and never-before-seen family video & photographs. After a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, MacCallum initially said, “This is a huge victory for these protesters. They have disrupted the system in an enormous way!” Later on during coverage of the events she called them "unsettling" and stated that "control has to be maintained." She likened the storming of the U.S. Capitol to a peaceful protest outside

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's home a few days earlier; ''The New York Times'' said it was "bizarre" to link "swarms of Trump supporters breaking into the seat of democracy, an event that made worldwide news, to a small-scale incident at the home of a Republican official."

Debates and Town Halls

MacCallum co-moderated her first debate on Fox News at the Third Undercard Republican Primary Debate on January 28, 2016 with

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from the

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in Des Moines, Iowa. Participating in the debate was

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and

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. In 2019, MacCallum and

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moderated numerous town halls with potential presidential candidates in advance of the 2020 election.

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, former

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CEO, was first in the series on April 4, 2019 from

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. Next in the series was

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on April 15, 2019 from the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks in

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. On May 8, 2019, the MacCallum and Baier hosted

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for a town hall in

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and Julián Castro on June 13, 2019 from Tempe Center for the Arts,

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. MacCallum and

hosted

's first TV town hall of the 2020 election cycle at the

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in Scranton, Pennsylvania on March 5, 2020, one of the last in-person political events before

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in 2020. MacCallum and Baier also co-anchored a virtual town hall with Donald Trump on May 3, 2020 from the

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. During the 2022 midterm election, MacCallum and

moderated a town hall with Ohio Senate hopefuls Republican

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and Democrat Tim Ryan, one week before Election Day. The event was held in

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on November 1, 2022. Martha MacCallum moderated the first Republican debate of the 2024 election season with

at the

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on August 24, 2023. In attendance was

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, and

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. Former President

declined to participate. In January 2024, MacCallum co-moderated with

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three back-to-back town halls featuring

and

. Donald Trump, in his first live appearance on Fox News since 2022, appeared in a town hall on January 10, 2024 from

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, days before the

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. Ron DeSantis appeared on January 9, 2019, and Nikki Haley on January 8, 2024.

Awards

In 2024, MacCallum received the John R. "Tex" Cray Award for Excellence in Journalism from the Congressional Medal of Honor Society for her work covering the military. MacCallum is a two-time recipient of the

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for Women in Journalism in 1997 and 2003, and has received the Soldiersocks / SoldierStrong Commitment To Serve award.

Book

In 2020, assisted by Ronald J. Drez, she published a book titled ''Unknown Valor: A Story of Family, Courage, and Sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima'', incorporating the personal stories of several United States Marines into the larger story of the Pacific Campaign, making ''The New York Times'' bestseller list on March 15, 2020.

Personal life

Martha MacCallum married Dan Gregory on 22 August 1992, at St. Elizabeth Church in

. Together, they have 3 children, two sons and a daughter.

References

External links

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