Jane Skinner is a former daytime news anchor who worked for Fox News Channel

Fox News Channel

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, co-hosting Happening Now with Jon Scott

Jon Scott

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 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET. On June 24, 2010, she announced on-air her retirement from her daytime news anchor position at the end of her usual Happening Now segment, claiming a desire to spend more time with her family.

Skinner began her career as a political correspondent for KBJR in Duluth, Minnesota

Duluth, Minnesota

Duluth is a port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Saint Louis County. The fourth largest city in Minnesota, Duluth had a total population of 86,265 in the 2010 census. Duluth is also the second largest city that is located on Lake Superior after Thunder Bay, Ontario,...

. She joined Fox News as a general reporter from WNBC-TV in New York City

New York City

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. Previous to that she worked at WITI in Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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 where she was an anchor on the evening news. She has also been a general assignment reporter for KMOV

KMOV

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 in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri

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 and WCSH

WCSH

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 in Portland, Maine

Portland, Maine

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.

Before appearing on Happening Now, Skinner hosted the 2 p.m. ET edition of Fox News Live

Fox News Live

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and hosted a segment on Studio B called Skinnerville. Previous to that, she hosted Sunday Best

Sunday Best

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, which featured highlights from the previous week's programming on the channel. She was also featured for a time on The Big Story with John Gibson

The Big Story

The Big Story, which debuted in 2000, was an American news/talk television program on the Fox News Channel, hosted by John Gibson and Heather Nauert weekdays. It was taken off in March 2008, replaced with America's Election Headquarters, an hour of news related to the 2008 United States...

.

Jane Skinner was raised in Lake Forest, Illinois

Lake Forest, Illinois

Lake Forest is an affluent city located in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The city is south of Waukegan along the shore of Lake Michigan, and is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the North Shore. Lake Forest was founded around Lake Forest College and was laid out as a town in...

 and graduated from Lake Forest High School

Lake Forest High School (Illinois)

Lake Forest High School, or LFHS, is a public four-year high school located in Lake Forest, Illinois, a North Shore suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is the only school of Lake Forest Community High School District 115, which serves the communities of Lake Forest, Lake Bluff,...

 in 1985. Skinner received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Northwestern University

Northwestern University

Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....

. Her father is Sam Skinner, former Secretary of Transportation

United States Secretary of Transportation

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 and White House Chief of Staff

White House Chief of Staff

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 under President

President of the United States

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 George H.W. Bush. She is married to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell

Roger Goodell

Roger S. Goodell is the Commissioner of the National Football League , having been chosen to succeed the retiring Paul Tagliabue on August 8, 2006. He was chosen over four finalists for the position, winning a close vote on the fifth ballot before being unanimously approved by acclamation of the...

 and resides in Westchester, New York, with their twin daughters.

External links

• Jane Skinner bio on FoxNews.com
• Happening Now on FoxNews.com