FOX News Contributor Gillian Turner Named Full-Time Correspondent
December 04 2017 - 11:23AM
Business Wire
FOX News Channel (FNC) has named contributor Gillian Turner a
full-time news correspondent, announced Jay Wallace, president of
news. Based in FNC’s Washington, DC bureau, Turner will cover the
top news stories of the day across daytime and primetime
programming.
In making the announcement, Wallace said, “Gillian’s experience
in working across both television and politics has given her an
extensive understanding of the news cycle. We are confident she
will make a great addition to our news division, covering essential
stories in the field.”
Turner added, "I am delighted to be joining FNC’s news division
full-time. The three years I've spent as a contributor with the
network, analyzing and commenting on U.S. foreign policy and
national security, have been among the greatest of my professional
career. I look forward to connecting with the FOX News audience in
this new role."
Turner joined FNC as a contributor in 2014 and has appeared on a
variety of programs, including FOX News Sunday, America’s Newsroom,
Outnumbered, MediaBuzz, Tucker Carlson Tonight, FOX & Friends
and The Five. During her time as a contributor, she served as a
columnist for The Hill and was vice president with Jones Group
International, a global strategy firm, where she worked directly
with former National Security Adviser Jim Jones.
Previously, Turner worked at the White House National Security
Council during the presidential administrations of George W. Bush
and Barack Obama. Under the Obama administration, she served as the
acting director for legislative affairs at the National Security
Council and liaised between the White House and the U.S. House of
Representatives on foreign policy and national security issues.
During the Bush administration, Turner served as a research
assistant in the Office of the National Security Adviser and was
one of the youngest recipients to receive the National Security
Council Outstanding Service Award.
Turner holds a Master's degree in African security studies from
the University of Cape Town, South Africa and earned her B.A. in
comparative politics, cum laude, from Columbia University. There
she was granted the Sharp Fellowship for Excellence in American
Politics award and the Vidda Foundation Award for Academic
Excellence. Additionally, Turner is the recipient of the National
Security Council Seal Medal and the State Department Appreciation
Award.
FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news
service dedicated to 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 more than 15 years and
according to a Suffolk University/USA Today poll, is the most
trusted television news source in the country. Owned by 21st
Century Fox, FNC is available in more than 90 million homes and
dominates the cable news landscape, routinely notching the top ten
programs in the genre.
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