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Julie Banderas

Julie Banderas

Julie Banderas currently serves as a co-host of "FOX & Friends First." Presented weekdays at 5 AM/ET, the program is an hour-long expansion of "FOX & Friends" and is anchored by a pair of rotating hosts.

Banderas joined FNC in March 2005 as a general assignment reporter. She later served as the weekend host of "The Fox Report" (Saturday and Sunday at 7 p.m. ET) and co-host of "America's News Headquarters" (Saturday and Sunday at 4 p.m. ET).

In her time with the network, Banderas has provided extensive live coverage including reporting on Hurricane Dennis from the National Hurricane Center in Miami in 2005. She also reported live from Aruba on the Natalee Holloway disappearance, and provided in-depth coverage from Florida on the Terri Schiavo case. In addition, Banderas reported on the murder of Jessica Lunsford by a registered sex offender.

Prior to joining FNC, Banderas was the weekend anchor at WNYW-TV (FOX) in New York where she was awarded the "Outstanding Single Newscast" Emmy award in 2004 for her coverage of the Republican National Convention. Earlier, she served as an anchor for several local news stations, including WFSB-TV (CBS) in Hartford, Connecticut, WHSV-TV (ABC) in Harrisonburg, Virginia and WBRE-TV (NBC) in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. She began her career at WLVI-TV (CW) in Boston, Massachusetts.

Banderas earned her bachelor's degree from Emerson College.