Courtney Friel
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| Courtney Friel | ||
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 Courtney Friel, 2007-06-30 |
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| Born | April 22, 1980 Baltimore, Maryland |
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| Occupation | reporter/anchor | |
| Title | Entertainment Reporter for Fox News Channel | |
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Courtney Friel (born April 22, 1980) is an American entertainment reporter for the Fox News Channel. Currently, she contributes to a number of different entertainment related programs for the network's website, FoxNews.com. Friel is a regular guest contributor on the Fox News show Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld.
[edit] Pre-Career
While attending Methacton High School in Norristown, PA, Friel dreamed of being a broadcast journalist. She regularly did the televised morning announcements, and was very active in the school's media production class. She always tried to get her friends or teachers on camera for an interview. Then one day, after submitting a short video, Friel was chosen to appear in Channel One News' student produced week in Los Angeles. Friel went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from San Diego State University, while completing many internships with MTV news and several others.
[edit] Career
Friel was a sports anchor and entertainment reporter for GoTV Mobile Television, as well as the hostess for the World Poker Tour on the Travel Channel. She was also the host of GameStop/EBGames "EB TV" which boasted of recently released and upcoming video games. Before that, she was the co-anchor of Court TV's, The Saturday Night Solution. Friel has also worked as a field reporter for various networks including: E! Entertainment, Oxygen Channel and Comcast Cable, the World Poker Tour, as well as the syndicated program, Extra. She also worked as an anchor at a local affiliate in Jackson, Tennessee around 2003. She joined Fox News Channel in February 2007.
