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Anita Vogel

Anita Vogel

Anita Vogel joined FOX News Channel (FNC) as Los Angeles-based correspondent in October 2001.

During her tenure at FOX News, Vogel has covered an array of stories and has interviewed many political, cultural and religious leaders. In 2008, she conducted a one-on-one interview with the Dalai Lama. During that same year, Vogel also won a Golden Mike award for Best Breaking News Coverage by a network for her exclusive interview with former President Bill Clinton during the Nevada Caucuses. Prior to that, Vogel covered the Mexican presidential elections of 2006 from Mexico City and she was also on the ground in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck the region and spent the next two weeks covering the catastrophic aftermath.

Before joining FNC, Vogel worked as a reporter and fill-in anchor at KCRA-TV (NBC) in Sacramento, CA (from 1998-2001) where she covered the California State Legislature and the governor's office. Prior to that, from 1995-1998, Vogel served as a reporter for WTLV-TV (NBC) in Jacksonville where she was part of a team that earned an Edward R. Murrow and Regional Emmy award for Best Newscast. From 1993-1995, she worked as a reporter for WJET-TV (ABC) in Erie, PA and was honored with a Pennsylvania Association of Broadcaster's award for Best Documentary. Vogel began her journalism career at ABC News in Washington, D.C. as a desk assistant for "This Week with David Brinkley."

In 2006, Vogel was the recipient of a RIAS Fellowship, a German–American journalism exchange program sponsored in part by the RTNDA. She spent two weeks representing FOX News in Germany as part of a select group of journalists from across the U.S.

Vogel graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism and political science.