Carley Shimkus
| Carley Shimkus | |
|---|---|
| Born | Carley Noelle Shimkus November 7, 1986 |
| 🏫 Education | Quinnipiac University (B.A.) |
| 💼 Occupation | Television news anchor and reporter |
| 📆 Years active | 2015–present |
| 👔 Employer | Fox Entertainment Group |
| Known for | co-anchor for Fox & Friends First |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Peter Buchignani (m. 2015) |
| 👴 👵 Parent(s) | Zulma Aponte Shimkus Edward Shimkus |
Carley Shimkus (born November 7, 1986) is an American news anchor and reporter who is a co-host on Fox Nation, headlines reporter for Fox & Friends, and co-anchor for Fox & Friends First.
Biography[edit]
Shimkus was born on November 7, 1986, and raised in Long Valley, New Jersey, the daughter of Zulma (née Aponte) and Edward Shimkus.[1][2] In 2005, she graduated from West Morris Central High School in Chester, New Jersey.[3] Her mother was a flight attendant[1] originally from Puerto Rico and her father is a chemist[3] of Lithuanian descent.[4] She has one older sister, Margot.[1] She tried modeling in high school.[1] In 2009, Shimkus graduated with a B.A. in broadcast journalism from Quinnipiac University and interned at Fox News in Washington, D.C., during her senior year.[1][5] After school, she worked as a news producer at Fox News and in 2012, she was promoted to associate producer with the FOX Business Network working for Imus in the Morning.[1][6] She then moved to the on-air side of the business where she serves as headlines reporter for Fox & Friends and Fox & Friends First as well as appearing on Fox Nation.[3] Since 2020, after Heather Childers left the network, she has served as co-anchor for Fox & Friends First.[7]
Personal life[edit]
In 2015, she married Peter Buchignani.[1] Her husband works in Chicago, while she works in New York City.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Carley Shimkus: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. October 2018.
- ↑ "Margarita (Alvarado) Aponte (1928–2014)". The Morning Journal. January 2, 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Fox News Yearbook: Carley Shimkus grades her senior year photo, explains hilarious 'hippie phase'". Fox News. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ↑ Carley, Shimkus (January 18, 2018). "Yes I am a proud Lithuanian!". Twitter.
- ↑ "5 Things You Didn't Know About Carley Shimkus". Fox News Insider. March 13, 2018.
- ↑ Waldman, Janet (March 13, 2013). "Carley Shimkus '09 - Imus is her Boss". Quinnipiac Magazine. p. 39.
- ↑ Baragona, Justin (April 23, 2020). "'Fox & Friends First' Host Heather Childers Complains About Fox News Benching Her During Coronavirus". The Daily Beast.
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- 1986 births
- American television reporters and correspondents
- West Morris Central High School alumni
- People from Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey
- American women television journalists
- American people of Lithuanian descent
- Fox News people
- Quinnipiac University alumni
- American journalists of Puerto Rican descent
- Hispanic and Latino American women journalists
- 21st-century American journalists
- 21st-century American women
