Debra Fox
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Debra Fox is the founder and CEO of Fox Learning Systems
. She was previously a television reporter and anchor with WTAE-TV
Pittsburgh (1976–1986).
, Jimmy Carter
during the Iran Hostage Crisis
, Ronald Reagan
, George H.W. Bush, Governor Michael Dukakis
, Senator Ted Kennedy
, Senator Joe Biden
, Reverend Jesse Jackson
, Walter Mondale
and Gary Hart
. She also covered the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco. After having her first child in 1986, she retired from WTAE.
in PBS's series "The Golden Land". This was a documentary about the history of Israel
in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
after personally experiencing problems in the long-term care
industry. Using her on-camera experiences, Fox set out to produce software and educational material that makes eldercare staff training fun and exciting. Fox has started her own blog that talks about the many troubles dealing with the elder care industry
Fox Learning Systems
- Founding :Debra Fox is a former news anchor for WTAE-TV, the Pittsburgh ABC affiliate. She founded Fox Learning Systems after witnessing the training problems plaguing the long term care industry. "If you do training well enough, people will learn," said Fox in an interview with Seton Hill...
. She was previously a television reporter and anchor with WTAE-TV
WTAE-TV
WTAE-TV is the ABC affiliated television station for Western Pennsylvania that is licensed to Pittsburgh, broadcasting on UHF channel 51 and identifying via PSIP as channel 4 . It also serves as an ABC affiliate for the Wheeling/Steubenville and Clarksburg/Weston, West Virginia market areas...
Pittsburgh (1976–1986).
WTAE television career
Fox was named "Best Pittsburgh Newscaster" seven years in a row by the Pittsburgh Tribune Review. During her ten year television career, she was able to interview many prominent national figures such as Gerald FordGerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...
, Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...
during the Iran Hostage Crisis
Iran hostage crisis
The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States where 52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981, after a group of Islamist students and militants took over the American Embassy in Tehran in support of the Iranian...
, Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
, George H.W. Bush, Governor Michael Dukakis
Michael Dukakis
Michael Stanley Dukakis served as the 65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts from 1975–1979 and from 1983–1991, and was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988. He was born to Greek immigrants in Brookline, Massachusetts, also the birthplace of John F. Kennedy, and was the longest serving...
, Senator Ted Kennedy
Ted Kennedy
Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. Serving almost 47 years, he was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and is the fourth-longest-serving senator in United States history...
, Senator Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President Barack Obama...
, Reverend Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson
Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. is an African-American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as shadow senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He was the founder of both entities that merged to...
, Walter Mondale
Walter Mondale
Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale is an American Democratic Party politician, who served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States , under President Jimmy Carter, and as a United States Senator for Minnesota...
and Gary Hart
Gary Hart
Gary Hart is an American politician, lawyer, author, professor and commentator. He served as a Democratic Senator representing Colorado , and ran in the U.S...
. She also covered the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco. After having her first child in 1986, she retired from WTAE.
The Golden Land
In 1990, Fox took over for Wolf BlitzerWolf Blitzer
Wolf Isaac Blitzer is an American journalist who has been a CNN reporter since 1990. Blitzer is currently the host of the newscast The Situation Room and was the host of the Sunday talk show Late Edition until it was discontinued on January 11, 2009...
in PBS's series "The Golden Land". This was a documentary about the history of Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is the ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. The conflict is wide-ranging, and the term is also used in reference to the earlier phases of the same conflict, between Jewish and Zionist yishuv and the Arab population living in Palestine under Ottoman or...
Fox Learning Systems
In 1997, Debra founded Fox Learning SystemsFox Learning Systems
- Founding :Debra Fox is a former news anchor for WTAE-TV, the Pittsburgh ABC affiliate. She founded Fox Learning Systems after witnessing the training problems plaguing the long term care industry. "If you do training well enough, people will learn," said Fox in an interview with Seton Hill...
after personally experiencing problems in the long-term care
Long-term care
Long-term care is a variety of services which help meet both the medical and non-medical need of people with a chronic illness or disability who cannot care for themselves for long periods of time....
industry. Using her on-camera experiences, Fox set out to produce software and educational material that makes eldercare staff training fun and exciting. Fox has started her own blog that talks about the many troubles dealing with the elder care industry
Notable appearances
- 2009: Seton Hill E-Magnify "Build A World-Class Business" Conference, Keynote Speaker
- 2008: Rite AidRite AidRite Aid is a drugstore chain in the United States and a Fortune 500 company headquartered in East Pennsboro Township, Pennsylvania, near Camp Hill. Rite Aid is the largest drugstore chain on the East Coast and the third largest drugstore chain in the U.S....
and Fox Learning SystemsFox Learning Systems- Founding :Debra Fox is a former news anchor for WTAE-TV, the Pittsburgh ABC affiliate. She founded Fox Learning Systems after witnessing the training problems plaguing the long term care industry. "If you do training well enough, people will learn," said Fox in an interview with Seton Hill...
team up together to launch Rite Aid “Giving Care For Parents” using Fox’s educational video training - 2008: Pittsburgh magazine featured article on Debra Fox Improving Eldercare through Education
- 2004: Feature article in E-Magnify a Seton Hill publication
- 2003: Keynote speaker for National Women’s Leadership conference held in Pittsburgh
- 2002: Speaker at the MIT forum, Pittsburgh chapter
- 2000: Feature Article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette speaking about the focus of Fox Learning SystemsFox Learning Systems- Founding :Debra Fox is a former news anchor for WTAE-TV, the Pittsburgh ABC affiliate. She founded Fox Learning Systems after witnessing the training problems plaguing the long term care industry. "If you do training well enough, people will learn," said Fox in an interview with Seton Hill...
. - 1991: Acted as a television news reporter in the TV Movie The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
Awards
- 2007: Acceptance and successful completion of the National Institutes of Health Commercialization Assistance Program
- 2006: National Winner of the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry's Images of Aging Communications Award
- 2005: Inducted into the National Association of Women’s Presidents Organization
- 2004: Winner of the 50 Best Women in Business Award for Pennsylvania