Fox News Channel’s Aishah Hasnie promoted to anchor, White House correspondent
FOX News Media has promoted Aishah Hasnie to anchor and White House correspondent President and Executive Editor Jay Wallace declared Tuesday Hasnie will anchor her own solo signature undertaking on Saturday afternoons from - p m ET beginning on Jan She will assume the White House correspondent position this week Hasnie who joined Fox News in has previously served as a senior national correspondent and congressional correspondent both based in Washington D C Prior to that she was a New York-based correspondent Aishah s knowledge of Washington makes her a perfect addition to our stellar White House crew of correspondents and we are confident she will excel in the anchor chair as well Wallace stated FOX NEWS MEDIA PROMOTES BILL MELUGIN TO CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENTHasnie has conducted news-making interviews with world leaders and politicians including German Chancellor Friedrich Merz Taiwanese Ambassador Alexander Yui and then-presidential candidate Donald Trump She has also covered a wide range of historical moments including the regime shutdown and the marathon vote to elect Rep Mike Johnson Speaker of the House in I am thrilled for the opportunity to deliver critical information to our viewers across the country in the anchor chair and honored to join our prestigious White House correspondent unit Hasnie stated In Hasnie was named a New York Woman of Impact by Variety for her coverage of the coronavirus pandemic specifically for the document she contributed to on how the pandemic impacted Muslim Americans during the Ramadan season FOX NEWS CHANNEL OUTDRAWS CNN MSNBC DURING VOTING PROCESS WEEKMELANIA TRUMP NAMED FOX NATION S PATRIOT OF THE YEAR FOR GLOBAL CHILDREN S ADVOCACY WORKPrior to joining FOX News Media Hasnie was an anchor and investigative reporter at WXIN-TV the FOX affiliate in Indianapolis The Emmy-nominated journalist also served as an investigative reporter and substitute anchor at CBS affiliate WANE-TV in Fort Wayne Indiana In this role her enterprise reporting on voyeurism law inspired local ordinance to close a loophole in the system Hasnie s work has been recognized by the local Indiana Associated Press and the Society of Professional Journalists She got her start in the industry at GEO-TV an international grid based in Pakistan where she was born and received a bachelor s degree in broadcast journalism from Indiana University Last month FOX News Media promoted Bill Melugin to congressional correspondent
