Brit Hume

Brit Hume (born June 22, 1943) is the Washington managing editor of the Fox News Channel. He anchors Special Report with Brit Hume and is a panelist on Fox News Sunday. Hume graduated from the University of Virginia, and is married to Kim Schiller Hume, Fox News's Vice President and Washington bureau chief.

Career

Hume was born in Washington, DC, where he attended St. Albans School. He is a 1965 graduate of the University of Virginia. He first worked for the Hartford Times, and later for United Press International, and the Baltimore Evening Sun. He worked for the syndicated columnist Jack Anderson 1970-72.

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Washington, DC - St. Albans School - United Press International

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Later, Hume worked for ABC for 23 years from 1973 through 1996, when he went to work for Fox News Channel. From 1973 to 1976, Hume worked as a consultant for the documentary division. From 1976 through 1988, Hume worked as Capitol Hill correspondent; in 1989, he became Chief White House correspondent. In 1991, Hume won an Emmy Award for his Gulf War coverage. He was also twice named "Best in the Business" as a White House correspondent by the American Journalism Review. In January, 1997, he left ABC for Fox News.

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ABC - 1973 - 1996 - Fox News Channel - 1976 - 1988 - Capitol Hill - 1989 - Chief White House - 1991 - Emmy Award - Gulf War - 1997

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By the time Hume left, he had worked on many ABC shows, including, World News Tonight With Peter Jennings, Nightline and This Week.

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World News Tonight With Peter Jennings - Nightline - This Week

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Hume has published two books: His 1971 Death and the Mines: Rebellion and Murder in the United Mine Workers and the 1974 Inside Story, a memoir of his Jack Anderson days. Hume has contributed to such publications as Harper's, The Atlantic, The New Republic and The Weekly Standard.

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1971 - 1974

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As a reporter for Jack Anderson's column, Hume uncovered an internal corporate memo indicating that the 1972 Republican National Convention had been underwritten by ITT and that, in exchange, an antitrust case had been conveniently dropped by the Nixon White House shortly thereafter. Later, Anderson published a series classified documents indicating the Nixon administration, contrary to its public pronouncements, had tipped in favor of Pakistan during the 1971 India-Pakistan war. After those revelations, Anderson and his staff, including Hume, his wife and children were placed under surveillance by the Central Intelligence Agency. The agents code-named Hume "eggnog" and observed his family going about their daily business. This came to light during the Ford administration in Congressional hearings, and as the result of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.

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1972 - Republican National Convention - ITT - Antitrust - Nixon - Ford

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Brit Hume's son, Washington journalist Sandy Hume was a reporter for The Hill. Sany Hume broke the story of the aborted 1997 coup against House Speaker Newt Gingrich. In February 1998 Sany Hume committed suicide by a self inflicted gunshot from a hunting rifle. The National Press Club honors his memory with the annual Sandy Hume Memorial Award for Excellence in Political Journalism.

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Sandy Hume - Suicide - National Press Club

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