J. Hall is a FOX News Channel contributor and a weekly panelist on "FOX News Watch."

Hall is also a nationally recognized expert in politics and the media, ethics in journalism and other topics relating to issues in the news media.

Hall also has been editor-in-chief of the business magazine View, a staff writer at TV Guide magazine and an associate editor at People magazine. She has published articles for Freedom Forum Media Studies, George magazine and American Film.

Hall is interviewed frequently on TV and radio (including "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer," "Charlie Rose," "CBS This Morning" and National Public Radio) and has moderated panels on issues in journalism at Columbia University and the Center for Communications in New York.

Hall is a native of Abilene, Texas. She attended Mills College in Oakland, California, from 1968 to 1970 and received a B.A. degree in English from the University of Texas in 1972. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and also holds a master's degree in journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York.