Sandra Smith serves as co-anchor of FOX News Channel’s (FNC) America Reports (weekdays 1-3PM/ET). She joined the company in October 2007 as a reporter for FOX Business Network (FBN).
On America Reports, Smith and co-anchor John Roberts are joined by newsmakers and experts to discuss the latest afternoon headlines and issues of the day. Previously, she served as co-anchor of the morning news programs America’s Newsroom and Outnumbered alongside co-anchor Harris Faulkner and rotating panelists.
Throughout her tenure, Smith has appeared across both FNC and FBN daytime and primetime programs, as well as frequently filled in as guest anchor on The Story with Martha MacCallum. In 2024, Smith presented FOX News Voter Analysis data from the network’s election headquarters in New York to showcase the electorate’s views on certain topics as presidential election results rolled in. In addition to providing coverage of every major political story during the most recent cycle, Smith co-anchored the special Democracy 2024: New Hampshire Primary with John Roberts, providing viewers with a close look at the Granite State, following former President Donald Trump’s win in Iowa.
In February 2022, Smith co-anchored breaking news coverage on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with John Roberts, providing special weekend coverage as fighting intensified in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. In 2020, she co-anchored FNC’s special coverage of the memorial service honoring civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) alongside Harris Faulkner and Trace Gallagher. In May 2018, Smith was on location from England to present live coverage of the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
In November 2015, Smith co-moderated the FOX Business Network’s inaugural Republican presidential primary debate, making history as the first dual-female team to host a debate. The event, which featured candidates earning less than 2.5 percent, delivered 4.7 million total viewers and 866,000 in the key 25-54 demo, making it one of FBN’s highest-rated programs.
Prior to joining FBN, Smith was an on-air reporter for Bloomberg Television. In this role, she covered U.S. equities and derivative markets and contributed to breaking news and analysis. Before Bloomberg, Smith was the Director of Institutional Sales and Trading at Terra Nova Institutional where she handled investment management and hedge fund accounts. She also assisted in the development of program trading models for existing and prospective clients. Prior to this, she was a trader at Hermitage Capital, where she executed U.S. equities and options orders, conducted portfolio analysis, prepared commission reports and serviced clients.
A graduate of Louisiana State University, Smith began her career as a research associate at Aegis Capital. There, she assisted in the research and analysis of retail stocks, prepared weekly stock newsletters for clients and identified investment opportunities.