{{short description|American news anchor and journalist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox person | image = File:Jane Skinner.jpg | name = Jane Skinner | alt = | caption = Skinner in 2024 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|2|12}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gogomag.com/talkingheads/birthdays.htm |title=Anchor Birthdays |work=TVHeads.com |access-date=December 21, 2006 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235429/http://www.gogomag.com/talkingheads/birthdays.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> | birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S. | occupation = News anchor | spouse = {{marriage|[[Roger Goodell]]|1997}} | children = 2 | father = [[Samuel K. Skinner]] | website = }} '''Jane Skinner''' (born February 12, 1967) is an American former daytime [[news presenter|news anchor]] who worked for [[Fox News]], co-hosting ''Happening Now'' with [[Jon Scott]] from 11 am to 1 pm ET.<ref name="mb352">{{cite news |url=http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/fnc_changes_up_daytime_70352.asp |title=FNC Changes Up Daytime |work=MediaBistro.com |first=Chris |last=Ariens |date=November 2, 2007 |access-date=November 3, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206103213/http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/fnc_changes_up_daytime_70352.asp |archive-date=February 6, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On June 24, 2010, she announced on-air her retirement from her daytime news anchor position at the end of her usual ''Happening Now'' segment, citing a desire to spend more time with her family. She is married to NFL Commissioner [[Roger Goodell]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/revolving_door/jane_skinner_leaving_fox_news_165725.asp |title=Jane Skinner Leaving Fox News |work=TVNewser via MediaBistro.com |first=Alex |last=Weprin |date=June 24, 2010 |access-date=June 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628012345/http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/revolving_door/jane_skinner_leaving_fox_news_165725.asp |archive-date=June 28, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Early life== Jane Skinner was raised in [[Lake Forest, Illinois]], and graduated from [[Lake Forest High School (Illinois)|Lake Forest High School]] in 1985. Skinner received her bachelor's and master's degrees from the [[University of Illinois]] in Champaign, Illinois.<ref name="Chic060915">{{Cite news|title=Oprah sets sights on yet another media conquest|page=3:3|first=Phil|last=Rosenthal|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|id={{ProQuest|420489243}}|date=September 15, 2006}}</ref>
==Career== ===Broadcast journalism=== Skinner began her career as a reporter for [[KBJR]] in [[Duluth, Minnesota]],{{r|Star910616}} before working for [[WCSH]] in [[Portland, Maine]].<ref name="SunJ940128">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/sun-journal-cereal-bowls-havent-arrived/144240055/|date=January 28, 1994|page=6|title=Cereal bowls haven't arrived from Chiquita Brands|newspaper=Sun-Journal|location=Lewiston, Maine|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 27, 2024|archive-date=March 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328015824/https://www.newspapers.com/article/sun-journal-cereal-bowls-havent-arrived/144240055/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Fri --> She left Portland in 1993 to become a reporter for [[KMOV]] in [[St. Louis]].<ref name="StLo931212">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-fellow-aldermen/144240114/|date=December 12, 1993|page=2E|first=Jerry|last=Berger|author-link=Jerry Berger|title=Fellow Aldermen Await Word On Villa's Re-election Plans|newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|location=St. Louis, Missouri|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 27, 2024|archive-date=March 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328015818/https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-fellow-aldermen/144240114/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sun --> In January 1995, she became the weekend evening anchor for [[WITI (TV)|WITI]] in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin|Milwaukee]] after that station became a [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Now the real ride with O.J. begins |first=Tim|last=Cuprisin|work=The Milwaukee Journal|date=January 20, 1995|page=Features 7}}</ref> At the time she married Goodell in 1997, she left Milwaukee to move to Manhattan.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Familiar faces leaving at Channel 6 |first=Tim|last=Cuprisin|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=May 30, 1997}}</ref>
After freelancing for [[WNBC]],<ref>{{Cite news|first=Bob|last=Wolfley|title=Theismann intrigued by Favre subplot|page=C2|date=August 10, 2006|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|id={{ProQuest|263613453}} }}</ref> Skinner was hired by [[Fox News Channel]] as a correspondent and weekend anchor.<ref>{{Cite news|title=6's Skinner is back — sort of|date=February 25, 1998|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel}}</ref> Before co-anchoring ''Happening Now'', Skinner hosted the 2 p.m. ET edition of ''[[Fox News Live]]''{{r|Chic060915}} and hosted a segment on ''[[America Reports|Studio B]]'' called "Skinnerville". Prior to that she hosted ''Sunday Best'', which featured highlights from the previous week's programming on the channel. She was also featured for a time on ''The Big Story with John Gibson''. Skinner left Fox News in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Goodell's wife leaves Fox News|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/goodells-wife-leaves-fox-news|date=June 24, 2010|website=NBC Sports|access-date=February 25, 2024|archive-date=February 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225165758/https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/goodells-wife-leaves-fox-news|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Production=== After departing Fox News, Skinner rarely made public statements.<ref name="WSJ171012">{{Cite news |last=Beaton |first=Andrew |date=October 12, 2017 |title=Roger Goodell Has a Secret Defender on Twitter: His Wife |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/10/12/roger-goodells-wife-took-aim-at-his-critics-with-fake-twitter-account/ |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=March 28, 2024 |archive-date=January 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102211745/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/10/12/roger-goodells-wife-took-aim-at-his-critics-with-fake-twitter-account/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Between 2019 and 2022, Skinner created three projects that highlighted women in the [[National Football League]]. She co-executive produced [[NFL Films]]'s "A Lifetime of Sundays" - a documentary about four female NFL owners: [[Norma Hunt]] of the [[Kansas City Chiefs]], [[Virginia Halas McCaskey]] of the [[Chicago Bears]], Martha Ford of the [[Detroit Lions]] and Patricia Rooney of the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Willner|first=Barry|title=NFL At 100: "A Lifetime of Sundays," 4 Powerful NFL owners|url=https://apnews.com/nfl-at-100-a-lifetime-of-sundays-4-powerful-nfl-owners-39212b8fc64649858b76d9fd5362c256|date=September 2, 2019|website=apnews.com|access-date=February 25, 2024|archive-date=February 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215182329/https://apnews.com/nfl-at-100-a-lifetime-of-sundays-4-powerful-nfl-owners-39212b8fc64649858b76d9fd5362c256|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Farmer|first=Sam|title=Football's 'Fab Four' gives unique perspective on the same in NFL Films documentary|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2019-08-23/nfl-films-documentary-lifetime-sundays|date=August 23, 2019|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=February 25, 2024|archive-date=February 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215182331/https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2019-08-23/nfl-films-documentary-lifetime-sundays|url-status=live}}</ref> She also co-produced the "Earnin' It: The NFL's Forward Progress" [[podcast]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 9, 2021 |title="Earnin' It" an NFL podcast focusing on women in the league |first=Barry |last=Wilner |url=https://apnews.com/article/nfl-entertainment-sports-business-football-a69819c97302471c93322a62f09043aa |access-date=March 28, 2024 |work=Associated Press News |language=en |archive-date=June 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609192031/https://apnews.com/article/nfl-entertainment-sports-business-football-a69819c97302471c93322a62f09043aa |url-status=live }}</ref> and co-executive produced [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]]'s five-part TV series about influential women in football with the same title.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Farmer|first=Sam|title=Matthew Stafford and wife take center stage in 'Earnin It: The NFL's Forward Progress'|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2022-03-03/earnin-it-the-nfl-docuseries-peacock-women|date=March 2, 2022|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=February 25, 2024|archive-date=February 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215182430/https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2022-03-03/earnin-it-the-nfl-docuseries-peacock-women|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2024, Skinner worked with Peyton Manning's Omaha Productions to co-executive produce "The Buddy Way," a documentary on the life of visionary Dartmouth College football coach Buddy Teevens.
==Personal life== Her father is [[Samuel K. Skinner|Sam Skinner]], former [[United States Secretary of Transportation|Secretary of Transportation]] and [[White House Chief of Staff]] under President [[George H. W. Bush]].<ref name="Star910616">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/star-tribune-samuel-skinner-sununus-hi/144239889/|date=June 16, 1991|page=2B|first=Cheryl|last=Johnson|title=Samuel Skinner 'Sununus' his way to the U.S. Open|newspaper=Star Tribune|location=Minneapolis, Minnesota|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 27, 2024|archive-date=March 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328015828/https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-tribune-samuel-skinner-sununus-hi/144239889/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sun --> On October 25, 1997, she married now-[[NFL Commissioner]] [[Roger Goodell]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/story/9591515 |title=Goodell now comes to the forefront |work=NFL.com |first=Adam |last=Schefter |date=August 8, 2006 |access-date=November 10, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313100241/http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/story/9591515 |archive-date=March 13, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The two moved from Manhattan to [[Westchester, New York]], in 2005<ref>{{Cite news|first=Heather|last=Saleo|work=The Journal News|title=Scott and Skinner form FOX News' newest team|page=D1|date=December 14, 2007|id={{ProQuest|442974694}} }}</ref> and have twin daughters.{{r|WSJ171012}}
In 2016, Skinner—a collector of contemporary art—was named to the board of the [[Dia Art Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/02/arts/design/dia-art-foundation-adds-two-board-members.html|title=Dia Art Foundation Adds Two Board Members|date=March 2, 2016|work=The New York Times|first=Randy|last=Kennedy|access-date=March 28, 2024|archive-date=February 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229005111/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/02/arts/design/dia-art-foundation-adds-two-board-members.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Skinner also serves on the board of the Women's Coaching Alliance.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jones |first=Mike |date=August 25, 2023 |title=One woman's vision for more female coaches takes root, with help from the NFL and others |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4796652/2023/08/25/pam-baker-womens-coaching-alliance-nfl-nba-mlb/ |access-date=April 21, 2024 |work=[[The Athletic]] |language=en}}</ref>
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