{{Short description|American journalist and baseball player (born 1971)}} {{independent sources|date=September 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Adam Housley | birth_name = Arthur Adam Housley | image = Adam Housley 2019.jpg | image_size = | caption = Housley in 2019 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1971|8|13}} | birth_place = [[Napa, California]], U.S. | death_date = | othername = | alma_mater = [[Vintage High School]]<br>[[Pepperdine University]]<br>[[University of Arizona]] | website = {{URL|https://www.adamhousley.tv/}} | occupation = [[Vintner]]<br>[[Correspondent|former television Senior news correspondent]] | years active = | spouse = {{marriage|[[Tamera Mowry]]|May 15, 2011}} | children = 2 }}
'''Arthur Adam Housley''' (born August 13, 1971)<ref name=farrell>{{cite news|first=Eddie|last=Farrell|url=http://www.herefordbrand.com/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=1721&cntnt01origid=15&cntnt01returnid=26|title=FOX News reporter, with Hereford family connection, covers the world|newspaper=Hereford Brand|date=October 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711163314/http://www.herefordbrand.com/index.php?mact=News%2Ccntnt01%2Cdetail%2C0&cntnt01articleid=1721&cntnt01origid=15&cntnt01returnid=26 |archive-date=July 11, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=housle001art|title=Adam Housley Register Statistics & History |website=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=August 17, 2016}}</ref> is an Emmy Winning American [[journalist]], [[winemaker]], and former [[professional baseball]] player. He worked for [[Fox News]] from 2001 until 2018.
==Professional career== ===Baseball=== A graduate of [[Pepperdine University]], Housley played on the [[College World Series|1992 National Champion College World Series]] baseball team, and in 1992 and 1993 played [[collegiate summer baseball]] with the [[Harwich Mariners]] of the [[Cape Cod Baseball League]].<ref>{{cite news | author = Mike Iacuessa | title = Teams Cross Fingers While Waiting for Players to Arrive | pages = 13 | newspaper = The Cape Codder | location = Orleans, MA | date = June 15, 1993 | url = https://snow-library.com/viewer/5706?medianame=1993_thecapecodder_vol48_issue48_orleans_000013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cdthoms.shinyapps.io/CCBL/ |title=Player Stats |publisher=Cape Cod Baseball League |date= |accessdate=July 13, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanmemorabilia.com/Auction_Item.asp?Auction_ID%3D28136 |title= Adam Housley Game-worn 1992 Pepperdine College World Series Jersey |accessdate=June 26, 2020 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722123545/http://www.americanmemorabilia.com/Auction_Item.asp?Auction_ID=28136 |archivedate=July 22, 2011}}</ref> He was also a Junior Olympic All-American baseball player as a pitcher and hitter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fanbase.com/Adam-Housley |title=Adam Housely |website=Fanbase.com|accessdate=September 20, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101235748/http://www.fanbase.com/Adam-Housley |archivedate=November 1, 2012}}</ref> He received a double [[bachelor's degree]] in political science and telecommunications from Pepperdine University. He was a two-time media fellow at the [[Hoover Institution]] at [[Stanford University]], and received his MA in International Security Studies from the [[University of Arizona]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hoover.org/fellows/by-title/media-fellows/all |title= William and Barbara Edwards Media Fellows by year |accessdate=May 19, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520001034/http://www.hoover.org/fellows/by-title/media-fellows/all |archivedate=May 20, 2014}}</ref> Prior to his career in television, Housley played [[professional baseball]]. He was drafted by the [[Montreal Expos]], and played for both the [[Milwaukee Brewers]] and the [[Detroit Tigers]] [[minor league]] organizations, pitching in 97 games.
===Journalism=== Prior to joining Fox News, Housley served as a reporter at [[KTXL-TV]] ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]) in [[Sacramento, California]] from 1999 to 2001. He received an array of awards, including the 2001 Regional [[Associated Press]] Reporting Award and a Regional Emmy Award. In addition, he was the lead reporter for [[KFTY-TV]] from 1998 to 2000, an independent station in [[Santa Rosa, California]]. Prior to that, Housley was a reporter for [[KNVN|KCPM-TV]] ([[NBC]]) in [[Chico, California]] from 1997 to 1998, where he won a [[California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection]] Award for capturing a wanted 50,000-acre [[arsonist]]. Housley began his career as a reporter for [[KVON]] and [[KVYN]] radio stations in his native Napa, where he developed and produced newscasts.
Housley reported during the [[Iraq War]] from [[Kuwait]], [[Iraq]], [[Bahrain]], [[Jordan]] and the [[Persian Gulf]]. He has spent time covering the [[war on terror]] from [[Pakistan]] and in [[Israel]], the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]]. He was on air in Kuwait when the first missiles and warning sirens began on March 20, 2003, and earlier that month boarded ships in the Persian Gulf along with U.S. Special Forces as they looked for illegal shipments of weapons into Iraq. His reports also came via video phone from the deck of [[USS Milius]] a destroyer that would eventually fire the first missiles into Iraq to begin the war.<ref name="Bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/adam-housley/bio/#s=h-l |title=Adam Housley |website=[[Fox News]] |date= |accessdate=August 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Trigboff|first=Dan|url= https://www.nexttv.com/news/networks-get-ready-war-97693 |title=Networks Get Ready for War|website=NextTV |date=February 2, 2003 |accessdate=June 26, 2020}}</ref>
During his tenure, Housley was also the Fox News lead reporter for [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]'s 2003 campaign and has covered six hurricanes, including [[Hurricane Katrina|Katrina]] and [[Hurricane Rita|Rita]], and filed more than 45 stories from [[Mexico–United States border]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://adamhousley.tv/About_Me.html |title=About Me |website=Adamhousley.tv |date=May 15, 2011|accessdate=August 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903233442/http://adamhousley.tv/About_Me.html |archive-date=September 3, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In December 2005, Housley was one of the reporters selected to witness the execution of murderer [[Stanley Williams]] at [[San Quentin State Prison]].<ref name=mjames>{{cite news|first=Marty|last=James|url=http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2006/06/30/sports/local/doc44a4971d8c9b9314662562.txt|title=Crushers' Housley a news hound for Fox TV|newspaper=[[Napa Valley Register]]|publisher=[[Lee Enterprises]]|location=Napa, California|date=June 30, 2006}}</ref>
Housley also reported live on the shooting at the [[Los Angeles International Airport]], the suspension of [[New York Yankees]] third baseman [[Alex Rodriguez]], and the aftermath of the crash of [[Asiana Airlines Flight 214]] live from the San Francisco Airport. Previously, he covered the 2012 [[Waldo Canyon Fire]], Colorado<ref name="Bio"/> In April 2013, he secured an exclusive interview with a special operations [[whistleblower]] regarding the [[2012 Benghazi attack]] on September 11.
Housley has covered stories in six Latin American countries: [[Nicaragua]], [[Venezuela]], [[El Salvador]], [[Colombia]], [[Mexico]], and [[Chile]] (reporting on the "[[war on drugs]]" and interviewing the [[Sandinista National Liberation Front]] leader [[Daniel Ortega]]). He has also covered stories in [[Guyana]]. He was live on air when Venezuelan President [[Hugo Chávez]] shut down Latin American broadcaster [[RCTV]], and spent two weeks covering the unrest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/01/video-fox-news-reporter-calls-chavez-apologist-an-sob-on-the-air/ |title=Video: Fox News reporter calls Chavez apologist an SOB on the air|website=[[Hot Air]] |date=June 1, 2007 |accessdate=August 17, 2016}}</ref>
He received a [[master's degree]] in international security from the [[University of Arizona]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/ |title=TVNewser {{pipe}} Covering national television news |website=Mediabistro.com |date=June 22, 2016 |access-date=August 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020044640/http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ |archive-date=October 20, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>
====Notable coverage==== Housley was one of the first correspondents on assignment in [[Haiti]], covering the devastation left in the wake of the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]] that struck it on January 12, 2010. He wound up using a plug-in mic he found at the [[Consumer Electronics Show]] the week earlier to record reports shot on his [[iPhone]]. Housley and his cameraman, Eric Barnes, were able to turn rescue footage shot by Congressman [[Kendrick Meek]] (D-FL) into broadcast news.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.zap2it.com/kate_ohare/2010/01/fncs-adam-housley-goes-from-gadgets-to-tragedy-in-haiti.html |title=FNC's Adam Housley Goes From Gadgets in Vegas to Tragedy in Haiti|website=[[Zap2It]]|date=January 19, 2010|accessdate=August 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123012352/http://blog.zap2it.com/kate_ohare/2010/01/fncs-adam-housley-goes-from-gadgets-to-tragedy-in-haiti.html |archive-date=January 23, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Housley was one of the first Western journalists to provide extensive onsite coverage in the wake of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami]]. He reported on recovery efforts and the search for bodies along with his crew on location from [[Phuket province|Phuket]], [[Patong|Patong Beach]], [[Phi Phi Islands]] and [[Khao Lak]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/interview-americares-ceo-curt-welling |title=Interview: AmeriCares CEO Curt Welling |website=[[Fox News]] |date=December 30, 2004 |access-date=August 17, 2016 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115060909/https://www.foxnews.com/story/interview-americares-ceo-curt-welling |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/reporters-notebook-pieces-of-phuket/ |title=Reporter's Notebook: Pieces of Phuket |website=[[Fox News]] |date=January 5, 2005 |access-date=August 17, 2016 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115060836/https://www.foxnews.com/story/reporters-notebook-pieces-of-phuket |url-status=live }}</ref>
Housley who is fluent in Spanish, covered the [[2010 Copiapó mining accident]] in northern Chile for Fox News. He was on site and reporting on October 12–13, 2010, as each of the 33 miners, trapped for 69 days, was brought to the surface one at a time in a rescue capsule.<ref name=farrell/>
Housley was one of the first American reporters on scene in [[Japan]] to cover the devastation following the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]]. He and his crew at one point got within 70 miles of the [[Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant]], filming live streaming reports for Fox News before the nuclear threat forced them to return to [[Tokyo]]. Among others, his coverage was featured in the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', ''[[Mecklermedia]]'' and ''[[The Napa Valley Register]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/article_e0952672-52b7-11e0-9c77-001cc4c002e0.html|title=Napa native sees 'history from the front row'|first=JAMES|last=NOONAN|website=Napavalleyregister.com|date=20 March 2011 |accessdate=2016-08-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Chris |last=Ariens |url=https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/shepard-smith-en-route-to-japan-greg-palkots-first-reporting-since-being-attacked-in-egypt/ |title=Shepard Smith en route to Japan; Greg Palkot's first reporting since being attacked in Egypt {{pipe}} TVNewser |website=[[Mediabistro]] |date=March 13, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2016 |archive-date=July 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713163741/http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/shepard-smith-en-route-to-japan-greg-palkots-first-reporting-since-being-attacked-in-egypt_b57198 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2011/03/japan-earthquake-and-tsunami-coverage-drives-huge-traffic-gains-for-cnn-and-fox-news-.html |title=Japan earthquake and tsunami coverage drives huge traffic gains for CNN and Fox News |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=March 11, 2011|accessdate=August 17, 2016}}</ref>
During the [[2014 Ferguson Unrest|protests]] in August and November 2014 following the [[Shooting of Michael Brown|death of Michael Brown]], Housley was one of the Fox News reporters on the scene in [[Ferguson, Missouri]]. He reported live as the fires were still burning on Florissant Avenue, and he used twitter to help prompt viewers to donate money to local businesses whose property was damaged during the protests and subsequent fires.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/adamhousley/status/537178355465216000|title=Adam Housley |publisher=[[Twitter]]|accessdate=2016-08-17}}</ref>
Housley was one of the first reporters on site for the December [[2015 San Bernardino attack]] in [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]]. He and his crew obtained exclusive video of the shootout that ended with the gunmen, [[Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik]], being shot and killed by police.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEmO4pgiv4Y.|title=Exclusive video of shootout between police, suspects|last=Fox News|date=December 2, 2015|publisher=|via=YouTube|access-date=February 9, 2016|archive-date=January 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115060852/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEmO4pgiv4Y.|url-status=live}}</ref> He also broke a number of major developments in the case, including the plan to charge an accomplice, Enrique Marquez Jr., with terror-related offenses,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=adam+housley+and+san+bernardino&ei=UTF-8&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-002|title=adam housley and san bernardino - Yahoo Search Results|website=search.yahoo.com}}</ref> federal investigators looking for a missing hard drive,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://video.foxnews.com/v/4713560728001/fbi-searching-for-missing-hard-drive-in-san-bernardino-probe/#sp=show-clips |title=FBI searching for missing hard drive in San Bernardino probe{{pipe}} Latest News Videos {{pipe}} Fox News |website=[[Fox News]] |date= |access-date=2016-08-17 |archive-date=2021-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115060854/https://video.foxnews.com/v/4713560728001/fbi-searching-for-missing-hard-drive-in-san-bernardino-probe/#sp=show-clips |url-status=live }}</ref> the FBI knew of terror connections early on,{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} and Farook and Malik practiced at a local gun range.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/dry-run-san-bernardino-shooters-practiced-at-gun-range-days-before-attack/|title=Dry run: San Bernardino shooters practiced at gun range days before attack|website=[[Fox News]] |date=7 December 2015|publisher=|access-date=24 August 2018}}</ref>
On August 23, 2018, ''[[Politico]]'' reported that Housley was leaving Fox News, due to his frustration with hard-news reporting being de-emphasized in favor of commentary regarding President [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Jason|last=Schwartz|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/23/fox-news-reporters-opinion-network-adam-housley-795278|title=Second Fox News reporter leaves amid objections to network|website=[[Politico]]|date=August 23, 2018|accessdate=August 24, 2018}}</ref>
===Business owner=== After a career in baseball and news, Housley helped to found Century Oak, his family's winery, in 2000. Housley's family had been involved in the wine grape growing business since 1969. The winery opened a tasting room in Napa named Housley Napa Valley in 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thepress.sfchronicle.com/review/napas-liveliest-tasting-room-may-be-housley/|title=Napa's liveliest tasting room? It may be Housley |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |date=15 October 2019 |last1=MacIas |first1=By Chris }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.napavalleylifemagazine.com/housley-wines/ |title=Housley Wines|website=napavalleylifemagazine.com |date=April 3, 2020}}</ref> Housely and his wife, Tamera, established a [[Coffeehouse]] named Barnhouse Napa Brews on the same block in Napa in 2021.
==Personal life==
=== Family === Housley married American actress [[Tamera Mowry]] on May 15, 2011 on a [[vineyard]] in [[Napa, California]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who Is Tamera Mowry's Husband? All About Adam Housley |url=https://people.com/tv/who-is-adam-housley-tamera-mowry-husband/ |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=People.com |language=en}}</ref> Mowry wore a wedding gown designed by [[Carolina Herrera]] and twin sister, actress [[Tia Mowry]], served as the [[maid of honor]]. The event was attended by approximately 300 guests. They have two children together: a son named Aden John Tanner Housley (b. 2012) and a daughter named Ariah Talea Housley (b. 2015).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/tameramowrytwo/p/CHf5TCJJTCi/?hl=en |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tamera Mowry-Housley Welcomes Son Aden John Tanner |url=https://people.com/parents/tamera-mowry-housley-welcomes-son-aden-john-tanner/ |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=People.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/tameramowrytwo/p/Ce1Bqfvrjis/ |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tamera Mowry's 2 Kids: All About Aden and Ariah |url=https://people.com/parents/all-about-tamera-mowry-kids/ |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=People.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/11/tamera-mowry-housley-adam-housley-welcome-baby|title=Tamera Mowry-Housley, Adam Housley Welcome Baby|website=Abcnews.go.com|date=2012-11-14|accessdate=2012-12-03|archive-date=2019-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410112709/https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/11/tamera-mowry-housley-adam-housley-welcome-baby|url-status=live}}</ref>
==== TV Appearances with Tamera Mowry-Housley ==== In 2016, Housley appeared on ''[[Cupcake Wars|Celebrity Cupcake Wars]]'' and as his wife's teammate. They competed against [[AJ Michalka]], [[Maria Menounos]], and [[Greer Grammer]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Celebrity: Cupcakes in Space |url=https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/cupcake-wars/episodes/celebrity-cupcakes-in-space |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=Food Network |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/cupcake-wars/900-series/celebrity-cupcakes-in-space.html/ |title=Celebrity: Cupcakes in Space: Cupcake Wars |publisher=[[Food Network]] |date= |accessdate=2016-08-17}}</ref> Their recipe won and was featured at a celebration for astronaut [[Scott Kelly (astronaut)|Scott Kelly]] and their.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-12-27 |title=Cupcake Wars - Apple TV (CA) |url=https://tv.apple.com/ca/show/cupcake-wars/umc.cmc.6g07qk93j1bgi2pxkoyc0x0xh |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=Apple TV |language=en-CA}}</ref> In honor of their win, the show donated $10,000 to their chosen charity, the [[Gary Sinise Foundation|Gary Sinise Foundation Snowball Express]], which serves children of [[Fallen soldier|fallen American soldiers]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ariens |first=Chris |date=2016-04-26 |title=Why FNC's Adam Housley Put on An Apron on TV Last Night |url=https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/why-fncs-adam-housley-put-on-an-apron-on-tv-last-night/ |access-date=2025-02-24 |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2021, Housley and his wife competed on ''[[List of programs broadcast by E!|Celebrity Game Face]]'', a celebrity game show hosted by [[Kevin Hart]]. They donated their winnings to the Alaina's Voice Foundation, a charitable organization founded by Housley's brother and sister-in-law Arik and Hannah, whose daughter Alaina Housley was a victim of the [[Thousand Oaks shooting]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Jensen |first=Erin |date=November 8, 2018 |title=Tamera Mowry-Housley and husband say niece died in 'senseless' Thousand Oaks shooting |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/11/08/thousand-oaks-shooting-tamera-mowry-housley-husband-adam-niece/1928115002/ |accessdate=July 24, 2020 |newspaper=[[USA Today]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvpassport.com/series/celebrity-game-face/422799|title=Celebrity Game Face (Game Shows) 2020-Present|access-date=2021-01-14|archive-date=2021-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115060859/https://www.tvpassport.com/series/celebrity-game-face/422799|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1224191/5-funny-and-surprising-moments-from-the-latest-celebrity-game-face|title=5 Funny and Surprising Moments from the Latest Celebrity Game Face|date=6 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/peppgraphic/p/CkrI4p9Ofl1/ |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref>
=== Thousand Oaks Shooting === Housley's niece, Alaina Housley, was killed during the [[Thousand Oaks shooting]] on November 7, 2018.<ref>{{cite news|first=Erin|last=Jensen|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/11/08/thousand-oaks-shooting-tamera-mowry-housley-husband-adam-niece/1928115002/|title=Tamera Mowry-Housley and husband say niece died in 'senseless' Thousand Oaks shooting|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=November 8, 2018|accessdate=July 24, 2020}}</ref>
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