Shannon Bream

Shannon Bream (born Shannon DePuy,[1] c. 1970/1971)[2] is an American journalist for the Fox News Channel.[3] In 2017, Bream became the host of the prime time program, Fox News @ Night.[4]

Shannon Bream
Bream in 2019
Born
Shannon DePuy

c. 1970/1971 (age 49–50)
Education
OccupationTelevision news anchor, reporter, attorney, beauty pageant contestant
EmployerFox Entertainment Group
Spouse(s)Sheldon Bream

Biography

While attending Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, she won the beauty-pageant title Miss Virginia in 1990. She participated in the Miss America 1991 pageant. Her scholarship award covered much of her education.[5]

After graduating from Liberty University in 1993 with a degree in Business Management,[6] Bream returned to Tallahassee and attended law school at Florida State University. She interned with Florida Congressman Bill McCollum, in the US House of Representatives. McCollum would later become the Florida Attorney General. While at law school at Florida State, she won the Miss Florida USA pageant (1995) and placed fourth in the Miss USA 1995 pageant.[5]

Career

After graduation from Florida State University College of Law (1996), Bream moved to Tampa, Florida and began her law career.[7]

She eventually made a career change from the legal profession to pursue a career in television news.

In 2001, she moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, becoming the evening and late-night news reporter for the CBS affiliate, WBTV.[5] In 2004, after three years at WBTV, Bream joined Washington D.C.'s NBC affiliate WRC-TV. At WRC-TV, she was a weekend anchor and covered general assignments.

While at WRC-TV, Bream met Brit Hume, who was the managing editor of the Fox News Channel's Washington bureau. With his encouragement, she submitted audition tapes to Fox News. Bream joined the Fox News Channel in November 2007, and is based in the network's Washington, D.C. bureau. She then became the anchor/host of Fox News @ Night.

References
  1. "Thank You[,] Veterans". Fox News. Archived from the original on October 4, 2011. Ed DePuy ... my father
  2. Jenning, Linda Kramer (September 10, 2012). "How Fox News Channel's Shannon Bream Went From Pageants to Politics". Glamour. Retrieved March 26, 2018. For Shannon Bream, now 41 [as of September 10, 2012]...
  3. "Shannon Bream". Fox News. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
  4. Flood, Brian (September 21, 2017). "Shannon Bream to host new 'Fox News @ Night' prime-time show". Fox News. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  5. Washburn, Mark (November 2, 2012). "Shannon Bream proved old boss wrong". Charlotte Observer. North Carolina. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013.
  6. "Shannon Bream Speaking Engagements, Schedule, & Fee". Washington Speakers Bureau. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  7. Linda Kramer Jenning. "How FOX News Channel's Shannon Bream Went From Pageants to Politics". Glamour. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
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