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Ainsley Earhardt

Ainsley Earhardt

Ainsley Earhardt currently serves as a co-host of Fox News Channel's (FNC) "FOX & Friends First" (Weekdays 5-6 a.m. ET). She joined the network in 2007 and is based in New York.

Most recently, Earhardt provided coverage of the murder investigation of New England Patriot’s Aaron Hernandez, the death of actor James Gandolfini, the fatal EF5 tornado in Moore, OK and the ongoing discussions on immigration reform.

While at FNC, Earhardt has reported on many high-profile news stories including the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the 8.0-magnitude earthquake in China, which killed over 69,000 people.

Prior to joining FNC, Earhardt served as an anchor for KENS-TV (CBS 5) in San Antonio, Texas and WLTX-TV (CBS 19) in Columbia, SC, where she was named “Best Personality of the Year” in Columbia Metropolitan Magazine.

Earhardt graduated from the University of South Carolina with a B.A. in journalism.