Casey Stegall is a network correspondent for Fox News Channel

Fox News Channel

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, based in the Los Angeles

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 bureau. Stegall joined FOX News after working as a general assignment morning reporter and substitute anchor at KDFW-TV; FOX 4

KDFW

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 in Dallas, Texas

Dallas, Texas

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. Prior to that, he was a city hall reporter at KVUE-TV; ABC 24

KVUE

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 in Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas

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. Stegall started his journalism

Journalism

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 career as a reporter in his hometown for WTVW-TV; FOX 7

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 in Evansville, Indiana

Evansville, Indiana

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In August 2007, Stegall traveled to Israel

Israel

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 to work out of the FOX News Jerusalem bureau. During that time he covered the Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Israeli–Palestinian conflict

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 as well as growing tensions between Israel and Syria

Syria

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. In October 2009, Stegall went to Afghanistan

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 and provided the network with live reports from the war zone. He stayed at bases in Kandahar

Kandahar

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 and Farah

Farah, Afghanistan

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 while embedded with a wing of the U.S. Air Force.

In his time at the network, Stegall has covered major breaking news stories from the devastating California wildfires to the I-35 Bridge Collapse in Minneapolis. He also covered Hurricane Gustav in New Orleans and Hurricane Ike in Texas. Most recently, Stegall was one of the lead correspondents on the network's coverage of Michael Jackson's death and was inside the funeral. He also fills in at the anchor desk in New York where he once anchored days of breaking news coverage on the 2008 Mumbai attacks

2008 Mumbai attacks

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, the worst terror attack in India's history targeting Americans and Brits.

He was born and raised in Evansville, Indiana

Evansville, Indiana

Evansville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Indiana and the largest city in Southern Indiana. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 117,429. It is the county seat of Vanderburgh County and the regional hub for both Southwestern Indiana and the...

 and attended college at Ball State University

Ball State University

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 where he earned a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 degree in telecommunications and minored in German

German language

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Stegall has been the recipient of several prestigious awards in the journalism industry. While in Dallas, he won a regional Emmy award for his live reporting skills. The Dallas Press Club also recognized him for his breaking news coverage and live reports. During his time in Austin, the Associated Press

Associated Press

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 and Headliners Foundation named him the best reporter in Texas. Stegall also won an Edward R. Murrow Award for news excellence while working for ABC in Austin.

Sources

• http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287208,00.html
• http://www.kdab.afcent.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-091005-002.pdf
• http://www.denverpost.com/television/ci_13546192
• http://lonestaremmy.org/_archives/2006_winners.php
• http://www.kvue.com/news/local/stories/010106kvueawards05-eh.4a396d21.html
• http://www.bsu.edu/tcom/article/0,1384,257380-16639-45137,00.html
• http://www.courierpress.com/news/2008/mar/30/fox-correspondents-cut-journalism-teeth-in/
• http://www.courierpress.com/news/2008/jan/02/harrison-grad-living-dream-as-fox-correspondent/