{{short description|American media personality|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=June 2011}} {{Notability|Bio|date=November 2017}}}} {{Infobox person | name = Donna Fiducia | image = Donna Fiducia.jpg | image_size = | caption = Fiducia in 2005 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1956|12|05}} | birth_place = [[Essex County, New Jersey]], United States | education = [[Seton Hall University]] | occupation = [[Celebrity|Media personality]] | spouse = Don Neuen | children = Jeffrey (son), Thomas (son), Lee (stepson), Parker (stepson) | website = }}
'''Donna Fiducia''' (born December 5, 1956) is an American media personality who worked in New York television and radio for 26 years, most recently as an anchor at The Fox News Channel. She now hosts a television show called Cowboy Logic with her husband Don. They have been big supporters of the January 6th prisoners.
==Career== {{BLP sources section|date=December 2016}} Fiducia was hired by the [[Fox News Channel]] in New York in September 1999 as an anchor and live host. In 2003, she was reassigned to overnight duty where she was both a long-form and news update anchorwoman. In late 2006, she retired from Fox and relocated to Georgia. Prior to this, she had worked at Fox-owned [[WNYW]] in New York City. In her four years at WNYW, she was a general assignment reporter for the 10 o'clock news. She also anchored ''Good Day New York'' and ''Good Day Sunday'', where she anchored the news as well as performing celebrity and lifestyle interviews. Fiducia gained national recognition as the host of ''Entertainment Watch'' on [[VH-1]], featuring entertainment news and celebrity interviews from movie stars to musicians. She became New York's first television helicopter traffic reporter at [[WNBC-TV]] in 1995. She was also a general assignment reporter for ''Live At Five'', the 6 and 11 o'clock news and ''Weekend Today''.
Fiducia began her career at [[Shadow Traffic]] in New York. She went on to report from [[WNBC (AM)|WNBC]] Radio's "N Copter", where she worked daily with [[Howard Stern]] and [[Don Imus]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Norman |first=Michael |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/24/nyregion/traffic-reporters-shaken-by-crash-ask-if-it-s-worth-it.html |title=Traffic Reporters, Shaken By Crash, Ask If It'S Worth It |location=New York City; Hudson River |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=1986-10-24 |accessdate=2016-12-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Hinckley |first=David |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/shadow-traffic-turns-25-no-delays-en-route-article-1.599732 |title=SHADOW TRAFFIC TURNS 25 WITH NO DELAYS EN ROUTE |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |date=2004-12-07 |accessdate=2016-12-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/1995-05-11/entertainment/17966447_1_howard-stern-fm-radio |title=From Chopping Block to News Chopper - New York Daily News |accessdate=2011-06-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810042746/http://articles.nydailynews.com/1995-05-11/entertainment/17966447_1_howard-stern-fm-radio |archivedate=2011-08-10 }}</ref> She was news director and morning news anchor of the famed rock radio station [[WNEW-FM]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1995-05-10 |title=FROM CHOPPING BLOCK TO NEWS CHOPPER |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/nydn-archives-entertainment-chopping-block-news-chopper-1-687698-story.html |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=Chicago Tribune}}</ref>
Fiducia did some acting in the first rap-influenced feature-length movie, ''Tougher Than Leather'' with [[Run DMC]], and on the [[CBS]] television show ''[[The Equalizer (1985 TV series)|The Equalizer]]'' playing newscaster Diane Waters in the 1986 episode "[[The Equalizer (1985 TV series) season 2#ep32|The Cup]]". In 2006, she was in the movie ''Being Michael Madsen'' in which she again played a reporter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Donna Fiducia {{!}} Actress |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2289602/ |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Education== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=December 2016}} Fiducia graduated from [[Columbia High School (New Jersey)|Columbia High School]] in [[Maplewood, New Jersey]] in 1975, and graduated [[magna cum laude]] from [[Seton Hall University|Seton Hall]] with degrees in communications and political science. She was active in the college's radio station, [[WSOU-FM]]. Fiducia also studied flute and piccolo during this time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-04-11 |title=Along for the Ride {{!}} Seton Hall Magazine |url=https://blogs.shu.edu/magazine/2010/04/along-for-the-ride/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=blogs.shu.edu |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=List of Seton Hall University people |date=2023-12-10 |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Seton_Hall_University_people&oldid=1189263792 |work=Wikipedia |access-date=2024-01-16 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Columbia High School (New Jersey) |date=2024-01-04 |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Columbia_High_School_(New_Jersey)&oldid=1193497862 |work=Wikipedia |access-date=2024-01-17 |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|2289602}}
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