Fox News Channel and Facebook to Present a Virtual Town Hall on the Global Coronavirus Pandemic on Thursday, April 2
April 01 2020 - 6:06PM
Business Wire
Moderated by FOX News Channel’s Martha
MacCallum, the Virtual Town Hall will Utilize Portal from Facebook
Video Calling Devices
FOX News Channel and Facebook to Make Joint
Donation of $1 Million Dollars to Feeding America’s COVID-19
Response Fund
FOX News Channel (FNC) and Facebook will co-host a town hall on
the global coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, April 2nd at 7PM/ET,
featuring a virtual audience using Portal from Facebook smart video
calling devices for the first time ever. Moderated by The Story’s
(weekdays, 7-8PM/ET) Martha MacCallum, the one hour commercial-free
town hall will feature medical and business experts, including
White House coronavirus task force members Dr. Deborah Birx and
Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams. It will also be livestreamed on
FNC’s Facebook page, FOX’s CoronavirusNOW.com and CoronavirusNOW
channel on Samsung TV Plus in addition to all FOX Television
Stations websites, Facebook pages and apps.
The teams at FNC and Facebook are utilizing Portal video calling
devices for the first time, to produce an informative, interactive
and innovative television experience while all participants are
adhering to social distancing guidelines and “stay-at-home” orders.
Facebook shipped each audience member a Portal device to allow
guests to virtually attend and participate by asking the experts
questions about the pandemic. The Portal’s Smart Camera is like
having a professional cameraman and ensures that those interacting
are perfectly framed while Smart Sound allows them to be heard
clearly.
Originating from FNC’s headquarters in New York, the
collaborative town hall will also feature a joint donation of $1
million to Feeding America’s COVID-19 Response Fund. This
organization was selected by FOX News Media leadership and marks
the second donation this month from a FOX Corp. property to the
non-profit’s COVID-19 Response Fund. Americans around the country
impacted by school closures, job disruptions and health risks will
turn to food banks for support and The Feeding America network of
over 200 food banks, is the largest hunger-relief organization in
the United States, including in disasters and national emergencies.
People can also directly support Feeding America’s COVID-19
Response Fund on Facebook, where 100% of what’s raised goes
directly to the organization.
Since joining FNC in 2004, MacCallum has played an integral role
in the network’s news and political coverage. Throughout the global
coronavirus pandemic, she has provided continuous reporting on
every aspect of the illness and has featured interviews with
medical experts and local, state and federal government officials
each night on her highly-rated program, The Story with Martha
MacCallum. During her tenure with the network, MacCallum has
covered every major election for the channel. Most recently, she
alongside chief political anchor Bret Baier have co-moderated
multiple presidential candidate town halls in the 2020 election
cycle, including incumbent President Donald Trump and current and
former 2020 Democratic presidential candidates former Mayor Michael
Bloomberg, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN),
and former Mayor Pete Buttigieg. MacCallum has also reported on a
variety of national and international events for the network,
including the impeachment hearings of President Donald Trump and
the threat of ISIS around the globe, among others. Additionally, in
2018, MacCallum presented an exclusive joint interview with
then-Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh and his wife
Ashley Estes Kavanaugh.
FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news
service delivering breaking news as well as political and business
news. The number one network in cable, FNC has been the
most-watched television news channel for 18 consecutive years.
According to a 2020 Brand Keys Consumer Loyalty Engagement Index
report, FOX News is the top brand in the country for morning and
evening news coverage. A 2019 Suffolk University poll named FOX
News as the most trusted source for television news or commentary,
while a 2019 Brand Keys Emotion Engagement Analysis survey found
that FOX News was the most trusted cable news brand. A 2017
Gallup/Knight Foundation survey also found that among Americans who
could name an objective news source, FOX News was the top-cited
outlet. Owned by FOX Corporation, FNC is available in nearly 90
million homes and dominates the cable news landscape, routinely
notching the top ten programs in the genre.
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