Samia Khan (born April 4, 1985) is a

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writer, producer, actress, blogger and news personality who most recently co-hosted FOX News Now, a digital news operation based in

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. She made headlines in November 2016 after she wrote a personal account on her

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page detailing her experience with racism and sexual harassment while covering Trump’s

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win. In 2013, she co-created Instacurity, a satirical web series and internet movement that used comedy to address society’s obsession with their social media self. She defined the word “Instacurity” as “an excessive concern with one’s social media presence, influence, and/or likeability. The project was featured by ''

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Early life

Khan was born in

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to a Pakistani mother and an Indian father. She attended Edison High School in Fresno and graduated from the

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with a degree in Broadcast Journalism.

Career

Khan started her career as a TV news reporter before transitioning to entertainment reporting for

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’s nightly entertainment news show

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. In 2009, she launched her blog Khanversations to recap her humorous celebrity interviews and was selected as a video blogger for

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at the

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. She was later selected as a finalist to cover the

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for

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. She also hosted

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by Sony with Anthony Carboni and was a contributing co-host to

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and various comedy podcasts. She has written hundreds of articles for

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and worked as a contributor to '' Backstage Magazine''. In 2013, she co-founded Instacurity, a satirical webseries that used comedy to address society’s obsession with their social media selves. She created and starred in more than a dozen comedy videos. In 2014, she started working as an on-air host for FOX News Now in Phoenix, Arizona. In 2018, Khan announced she had quit her job at FOX and was working on creative projects. According to

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, she has a show called Khanflicted currently in the works. She is also working on a non-fiction book.

Personal life

In 2016, Khan’s Facebook post about being harassed by Trump supporters. In 2018, Khan revealed her own struggles with social media’s effect on her mental health on Facebook.

Filmography

References

External links

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