| E. D. Hill | |
|---|---|
| Born | Edith Ann Tarbox July 27, 1962 Dripping Springs, Texas, United States |
| Alma mater | • University of Texas at Austin • Harvard University • University of Minnesota Duluth |
| Occupation | Businessperson, journalist and VJ |
| Spouse | • Marc Philip Weill (married 1989; divorced) • J. David Donahey (divorced) • Joe Hill (married since 2002) |
| Relatives | Sanford Weill, ex-father-in-law |
E. D. Hill (born July 27, 1962) is an American businessperson and journalist. She has been a news anchor and radio host who formerly worked for the Fox News Channel and now works with CNN. In 2009, she co-founded a food-manufacturing company, Lazy 8 Ranch Specialty Food Co.
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She was born Edith Ann Tarbox in Dripping Springs, Texas.
Hill earned bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin, located in Austin, Texas, where she was a member of Delta Gamma Sorority. She also attended the American universities Harvard University, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts; and the University of Minnesota Duluth, located in Duluth, Minnesota.
She was a VJ for VH1 in the late 1980s.
In 1998, Hill joined the Fox News Channel, where she served as an anchor for Fox and Friends from 1998 to 2006. She later moved to the 2:00 p.m. hour after serving as host of the 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon block of Fox News Live from 2006 until her show America's Pulse was canceled in 2008. She also co-hosted Bill O'Reilly's The Radio Factor for five years. She had also substituted for Bill O'Reilly on The O'Reilly Factor.
In 2007, the television-industry blog TV Newser reported that it had been given a copy of an internal Fox News Channel memorandum that gave the following description of America's Pulse: "During this hour, E.D. will present the news in a fair & balanced way with her own passionate style and sense of humor."[1]
On the June 6, 2008, episode of America's Pulse, Hill asked whether a fist bump between then-presidential candidate Barack Obama, and his wife Michelle, after the final 2008 Presidential Democratic primaries was a "terrorist fist jab". Hill, introducing an upcoming discussion before a commercial break, posited that the gesture was either "A fist bump? A pound? [or] A terrorist fist jab?," but never explained the term when the segment continued after the break.[2] The incident set off a controversy among bloggers and television commentators.[3][4][5][6] Hill apologized for her comments the next day.[7] The next week, the Fox News Channel announced that Hill's show America's Pulse had been canceled. Martha McCallum's show The Live Desk would become two hours (1–3 p.m.), and Trace Gallagher would become a co-host with McCallum.[8]
In November 2008, after the general election, it was announced that Hill's contract with Fox would not be renewed. She would continue with the network until her contract expired. Senior Vice President of Programming at Fox Bill Shine says that he "chose not to renew E.D.'s latest contract" but noted that "Hill has been a valued contributor to the success of FNC over the years, and we wish her all the best".[9]
On October 14, 2008, Hill was a guest co-host of the ABC daytime show The View, then returned to co-host again on September 23 and 25, 2009, while Elisabeth Hasselbeck was on maternity leave;[10] she also hosted on July 28, 2010, while Barbara Walters was on leave. In October 2009, Hill co-founded a food manufacturing company, Lazy 8 Ranch, with her three eldest children. The food-product line was featured at the Texas State Fair in 2010.
In February 2011, it was announced that she would be joining the staff of In the Arena with Eliot Spitzer on CNN,[11] but just five months later CNN elected to cancel the show instead. [12]
Hill won a local Emmy Award for Outstanding News Special while working for WHDH-TV in Boston (1990–91), and has also received a Golden Quill Award for live spot news reporting.
In November 2005 William Morrow published Hill's first book, a collection of personal profiles entitled Going Places: How America's Best and Brightest Got Started Down the Road of Life. Her next book, I'm Not Your Friend, I'm Your Parent, was published in the United States 2007 and published in China in 2010.
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| Year | Employer | American location | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984–1985 | KDLH-TV | Duluth, Minnesota | anchor and reporter | |
| 1986–1987 | KXXV-TV | Waco, Texas | anchor and reporter | |
| 1987 | VH-1 | national | VJ | |
| 1987 | WCBS-TV | New York City, New York | news writer and producer | |
| 1987–1989 | WPXI-TV | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | anchor | |
| 1989–1990 | CBS News | national | business anchor, CBS Morning News and CBS Radio | |
| 1990–1992 | WHDH-TV | Boston, Massachusetts | anchor | |
| 1992–1995 | WABC-TV | New York City, New York | anchor and reporter | |
| 1998–1999 | Fox News Channel | national | anchor, Fox News Live | |
| 1999–2006 | Fox News Channel | national | co-host, Fox & Friends | |
| 2006–2007 | Fox News Channel | national | anchor, Fox News Live | |
| 2007–2008 | Fox News Channel | national | anchor, America's Pulse | |
| 2000–2005 | Fox News Radio | national | co-host, The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly | |
| 2008–2009 | Fox News Channel | national | anchor | |
| 2010–2011 | CNN | national | anchor, In the Arena with Eliot Spitzer | |
| Since 2011 | CNN | national | anchor, CNN Newsroom |
In 1989, while a news anchor at WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh, she was married to Marc Philip Weill (the son of financier Sanford Weill), at the time a vice president of Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Company in New York City, New York.[13] They had children and divorced. Her second marriage was to J. David Donahey.
In March 2002, she married venture capitalist Joe Hill. He has three children from a previous marriage: Jordan, Collin and Wyatt. Together they have a daughter, Summer Holcomb Hill (born February 2003), and a son, Joseph Wolf Hill (born February 2004).