{{short description|American news host and anchor (born 1964)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Martha MacCallum | image = MarthaMacCallum accepting Commitment to Service Award 2014 (cropped).jpg | caption = MacCallum in 2014 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|1|31}} | birth_place = Martha stated on her The Story show on February 26, 2026 while talking to Carley Shimkus that she was not born in NJ, but raised there. | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Anchor and Executive Editor, ''The Story with Martha MacCallum'' ([[Fox News Channel]]) | employer = [[Fox News]] | education = [[St. Lawrence University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br/>[[Circle in the Square Theatre School]] ([[Graduate diploma|GrDip]]) | website = {{URL|https://www.foxnews.com/person/m/martha-maccallum}} | spouse = {{marriage|Daniel Gregory|August 22, 1992}} | children = 3 }}
'''Martha Bowes MacCallum'''<ref name=nyt920823>{{Cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/23/style/weddings-ms-maccallum-daniel-j-gregory.html | title = Weddings; Ms. MacCallum, Daniel J. Gregory | newspaper = [[The New York Times]] | date = August 23, 1992 | access-date = September 29, 2010}}</ref> (born January 31, 1964) is an American journalist and news anchor for [[Fox News]]. She is the executive editor and anchor of ''[[The Story with Martha MacCallum]]'', broadcast from [[Manhattan]] Monday through Friday at 3PM ET, and co-anchor of Fox News Election coverage. MacCallum joined the network in 2004 and is based in New York City. Her interviews with President [[Donald Trump]], President [[Barack Obama]], First Lady [[Laura Bush]], Supreme Court Justice [[Brett Kavanaugh]] and others have been featured on her programs.
==Early life== [[File:Secretary Pompeo Speaks with Martha MacCallum (48988547112).jpg|thumb|right|MacCallum interviewing [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Mike Pompeo]] in October 2019]] Martha MacCallum, the daughter of Elizabeth B. and Douglas C. MacCallum Jr., grew up in [[Wyckoff, New Jersey]]. After graduating from [[Ramapo High School (New Jersey)|Ramapo High School]] in [[Franklin Lakes, New Jersey]],<ref name=nyt920823/><ref name=Record2005>{{Cite news | last = Rohan | first = Virginia | title = Professional juggler | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-115325827.html | work = [[The Record (Bergen County)]] | date = November 13, 2005 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130730211745/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-115325827.html | archive-date = July 30, 2013 | url-status = dead | access-date = October 12, 2014 | quote = ''I'm sort of half in one world, half in the other at this point of the day,'' says MacCallum, a Wyckoff native who has lived in Ridgewood since her elder son was 2 weeks old.... After attending Sicomac School and Ramapo High School, MacCallum moved on to St. Lawrence University, majoring in political science.}}</ref> MacCallum earned her bachelor's degree in [[political science]] from [[St. Lawrence University]] in the [[North Country (New York)|North Country]] of New York State, and subsequently studied at the [[Circle in the Square Theatre School]] on [[Broadway theater|Broadway]], founding the Miranda Theater Company in New York. MacCallum next worked as an associate in corporate relations at [[Dow Jones & Company]].<ref name=nyt920823/><ref>{{cite news | title = Ms. MacCallum Plans Wedding | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CEEDB153EF93AA25757C0A964958260 | newspaper = [[The New York Times]] | date = April 19, 1992 | access-date = June 10, 2019}}</ref> She began her career as a freelance researcher for ''Corporate Finance'' magazine, but the publication was sold soon after she joined.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shurberg |first=Ellen |date=August 22, 2023 |title=In Her Own Words: Fox anchor Martha MacCallum stays true to herself |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/bizwomen/news/profiles-strategies/2023/08/in-her-own-words-fox-anchor-martha-maccallum-stay.html |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}</ref>
== Broadcasting career ==
=== Wall Street Journal Television === MacCallum was at [[Wall Street Journal|Wall Street Journal Television]] from 1991 to 1996, where she served as a business news correspondent and anchor for ''The [[Wall Street Journal Report]]'', ''World Market Outlook'', and ''Business USA''.
In 1996, she moved to [[WPXN-TV|WBIS-TV]], a short-lived sports and business station in New York, as an anchor and reporter.
=== CNBC === MacCallum was next a reporter/anchor for [[NBC]]/[[CNBC]] from 1997 to 2003. She frequently contributed to ''[[The News with Brian Williams]]'', ''[[Today (NBC program)|Today]]'', [[List of NBC affiliates|NBC affiliate]] news programs, and [[CNBC World]] before being assigned to co-anchor CNBC's ''[[Morning Call (CNBC)|Morning Call]] with Martha MacCallum and Ted David''. She also appeared on ''Checkpoint,'' an evening show which examined [[homeland security]] and the [[war on terror]]. MacCallum created the series "Inside the Business" for ''Business Center'', a former CNBC show.
=== Fox News === MacCallum joined the [[Fox News Channel]] in 2004. She hosted ''[[The Live Desk (U.S. TV program)|The Live Desk]]'' from 2006 to 2010 and ''[[America's Newsroom]]'' from 2010 to 2017. MacCallum hosted the new program, ''The First 100 Days'', on [[Fox News Channel]], which debuted January 9, 2017. The program averaged 3.5 million viewers in the first month, an increase of 79 percent in the time slot compared to the year before.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Concha |first=Joe |date=2017-01-31 |title=Fox dominates January ratings led by Carlson, MacCallum |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/317197-fox-dominates-january-ratings-led-by-carlson-maccallum/ |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}</ref> On April 28, 2017, the show was rebranded as ''The Story with Martha MacCallum''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/tucker-carlson-leads-new-fox-news-prime-time-lineup |title=Tucker Carlson leads new Fox News prime time lineup |work=Fox News |date=21 April 2017}}</ref> At the close of 2020, "The Story" was moved from the prime 7 p.m. ET time-slot to the 3 p.m. ET time-slot.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Brian Stelter|title=Fox News removes one of its only nighttime hours of news coverage|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/11/media/fox-news-schedule-change/index.html|access-date=2021-01-11|website=CNN|date=January 11, 2021 }}</ref>
In addition to hosting ''The Story,'' MacCallum serves as a fill in host on programs such as ''[[America's Newsroom]]'', ''The Faulkner Focus, [[Outnumbered (American TV program)|Outnumbered]],'' and [[The Five (talk show)|''The Five'']].
MacCallum has hosted two series about WWII streaming on [[Fox Nation]]. In 2023, MacCallum hosted ''The Final Journey of the Greatest Generation,'' a two-season, six-episode series about heroes of WWII taking viewers on one last journey through their personal experiences fighting against the Axis powers in Europe and the Pacific.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch The Final Journey of the Greatest Generation {{!}} Fox Nation |url=https://nation.foxnews.com/the-final-journey-of-the-greatest-generation-nation/ |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Watch The Final Journey of the Greatest Generation {{!}} Fox Nation |language=en}}</ref> In 2022, MacCallum began hosting ''The Secret History of World War II'' with untold stories about heroes from WWII, with three seasons and eleven episodes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Secret History of WWII Online {{!}} Stream Fox Nation |url=https://nation.foxnews.com/secret-history-of-wwii-nation/ |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Watch Secret History of WWII {{!}} Fox Nation |language=en}}</ref>
In January 2019, MacCallum launched “The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum,” a twice-weekly podcast where she sits down with a major newsmaker sharing inspiring stories of positivity, perseverance, and more.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-20 |title=The Untold Story With Martha MacCallum |url=https://radio.foxnews.com/podcast/the-untold-story/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=FOX News Radio |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2018, MacCallum had the first and only interview with then-Supreme Court nominee [[Brett Kavanaugh]] and his wife, [[Ashley Estes Kavanaugh]]. The interview aired on ''[[The Story with Martha MacCallum|The Story With Martha MacCallum]]'' on September 24, 2018 ''at'' 7 PM ET and was watched by 3.6 million viewers, cable news' most-watched program of the night. According to ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', MacCallum earned "near-universal praise" for her interview of Kavanaugh.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guthrie |first=Marisa |date=2018-10-11 |title="We Have a Lot of Different Voices": How Martha MacCallum Practices Journalism on Fox News |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/how-martha-maccallum-practices-journalism-fox-news-1150547/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>
In July 2023, Fox News announced that MacCallum interviewed Buster Murdaugh, the last living son of [[Alex Murdaugh (family)|Alex Murdaugh]], who was convicted of murdering his wife Maggie Murdaugh and son Paul in June 2021. She presented the interview in a seven-episode [[Fox Nation]] series entitled ''The Fall of the House of Murdaugh,''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Media Relations {{!}} Fox News |url=https://press.foxnews.com/2023/07/fox-nation-nabs-exclusive-interview-with-buster-murdaugh-for-new-docuseries-the-fall-of-the-house-of-murdaugh |access-date=2023-07-11 |language=en}}</ref> covering the twists in the double homicide case with exclusive interviews, prison audio, and never-before-seen family video & photographs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch 'The Fall of the House of Murdaugh' Online {{!}} Stream Fox Nation |url=https://nation.foxnews.com/the-fall-of-the-house-of-murdaugh-nation/?cmpid=org=NAT::ag=inhouse::mc=CPC::src=google::cmp=dft |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Watch The Fall of the House of Murdaugh {{!}} Fox Nation |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:President Trump at the Fox News Town Hall (49627380273).jpg|thumb|MacCallum and [[Bret Baier]] moderate a [[town hall meeting|town hall]] with President [[Donald Trump]] in 2020]] After [[2021 storming of the United States Capitol|a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol]], MacCallum initially said, “This is a huge victory for these protesters. They have disrupted the system in an enormous way!”<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=After Deadly Capitol Riot, Fox News Stays Silent On Stars' Incendiary Rhetoric|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/01/13/955694096/after-deadly-capitol-riot-fox-news-stays-silent-on-stars-incendiary-rhetoric|access-date=2021-01-16|website=NPR|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Fox News: 'Peaceful' MAGA Mob Storming Capitol Is 'Huge Victory'|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-peaceful-maga-mob-storming-capitol-is-huge-victory|access-date=January 6, 2020|website=[[Daily Beast]]}}</ref> Later on during coverage of the events she called them "unsettling" and stated that "control has to be maintained."<ref name=":1" /> She likened the storming of the U.S. Capitol to a peaceful protest outside [[Josh Hawley]]'s home a few days earlier; ''The New York Times'' said it was "bizarre" to link "swarms of Trump supporters breaking into the seat of democracy, an event that made worldwide news, to a small-scale incident at the home of a Republican official."<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Grynbaum|first1=Michael M.|last2=Koblin|first2=John|last3=Hsu|first3=Tiffany|date=2021-01-06|title=TV Networks Shift From Coverage of Electoral Tally to Storming of Capitol|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/business/media/congress-trump-subvert-election-tv.html|access-date=2021-01-16|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
==== Debates and Town Halls ==== MacCallum co-moderated her first debate on Fox News at the Third Undercard Republican Primary Debate on January 28, 2016, with [[Bill Hemmer]] from the [[Iowa Events Center]] in Des Moines, Iowa. Participating in the debate was [[Carly Fiorina]], [[Mike Huckabee]], [[Rick Santorum]] and [[Jim Gilmore]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Republican Candidates "Undercard" Debate in Des Moines, Iowa {{!}} The American Presidency Project |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/republican-candidates-undercard-debate-des-moines-iowa |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=www.presidency.ucsb.edu}}</ref>
In 2019, MacCallum and [[Bret Baier]] moderated numerous town halls with potential presidential candidates in advance of the 2020 election. [[Howard Schultz]], former [[Starbucks]] CEO, was first in the series on April 4, 2019, from [[Kansas City, Missouri]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Concha |first=Joe |date=2019-03-19 |title=Howard Schultz to be featured in Fox News town hall |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/434726-howard-schultz-to-be-featured-in-fox-news-town-hall/ |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}</ref> Next in the series was [[Bernie Sanders]] on April 15, 2019, from the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks in [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rozsa |first=Matthew |date=2019-04-20 |title=Why Sanders and Fox News did well during the town hall |url=https://www.salon.com/2019/04/20/how-the-bernie-sanders-town-hall-at-bethlehem-steel-symbolized-american-populism/ |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=Salon |language=en}}</ref> On May 8, 2019, MacCallum and Baier hosted [[Amy Klobuchar]] for a town hall in [[Milwaukee|Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Press |first=Dave Orrick {{!}} Pioneer |date=2019-05-09 |title=Amy Klobuchar pressed on 'booming' economy on Fox News town hall |url=https://www.twincities.com/2019/05/08/watch-amy-klobuchar-headlines-a-one-hour-fox-news-town-hall-style-meeting/ |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=Twin Cities |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Julian Castro|Julián Castro]] on June 13, 2019, from [[Tempe Center for the Arts]], [[Tempe, Arizona]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Ember |first1=Sydney |last2=Goldmacher |first2=Shane |date=2019-06-13 |title=Highlights From Julián Castro's Fox News Town Hall |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/13/us/politics/julian-castro-fox-town-hall.html |access-date=2024-08-22 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
MacCallum and [[Bret Baier]] hosted [[Donald Trump]]'s first TV town hall of the 2020 election cycle at the [[Scranton Cultural Center]] in Scranton, Pennsylvania on March 5, 2020, one of the last in-person political events before [[COVID-19 lockdowns]] in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-05 |title=Trump defends his rhetoric in 1st TV town hall of 2020 |url=https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-financial-markets-ap-top-news-elections-c03cd0c8f2a41ad0300092fff48ee4f4 |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> MacCallum and Baier also co-anchored a virtual town hall with Donald Trump on May 3, 2020, from the [[Lincoln Memorial]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Re |first=Gregg |date=2020-05-03 |title=Fox News town hall: Trump predicts coronavirus vaccine by year's end, vows 'plague' will pass |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-virtual-town-hall-america-together-returning-to-work-coronavirus-lincoln-memorial |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref>
During the 2022 midterm election, MacCallum and [[Bret Baier]] moderated a town hall with Ohio Senate hopefuls Republican [[JD Vance]] and Democrat [[Tim Ryan (Ohio politician)|Tim Ryan]], one week before Election Day. The event was held in [[Columbus, Ohio]] on November 1, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Nick |date=2022-11-02 |title=J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan make final appeal to voters from townhall stage • Ohio Capital Journal |url=https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2022/11/02/j-d-vance-and-tim-ryan-make-final-appeal-to-voters-from-townhall-stage/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=Ohio Capital Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>
Martha MacCallum moderated the first Republican debate of the 2024 election season with [[Bret Baier]] at the [[Fiserv Forum]] in [[Milwaukee|Milwaukee, Wisconsin]] on August 24, 2023. In attendance was [[Ron DeSantis]], [[Nikki Haley]], [[Tim Scott]], [[Chris Christie]], [[Vivek Ramaswamy]], [[Mike Pence]], [[Doug Burgum]], and [[Asa Hutchinson]]. Former President [[Donald Trump]] declined to participate.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-23 |title=Republican candidates fight each other, and mostly line up behind Trump, at the first debate |url=https://apnews.com/article/first-republican-debate-2024-elections-gop-89812d5aa1ed6a4ebe7373ff36858250 |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>
In January 2024, MacCallum co-moderated with [[Bret Baier|Brett Baier]] three back-to-back town halls featuring [[Donald Trump]], [[Ron DeSantis]] and [[Nikki Haley]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Ted |date=2024-01-04 |title=Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley Set For Fox News Town Halls Focused On Women's Issues; NBC News And Des Moines Register Feature Candidate "Closing Arguments" |url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/fox-news-town-hall-desantis-haley-1235695086/ |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> Donald Trump, in his first live appearance on Fox News since 2022, appeared in a town hall on January 10, 2024, from [[Des Moines, Iowa]], days before the [[Iowa caucuses|Iowa Caucus]]. Ron DeSantis appeared on January 9, 2019, and Nikki Haley on January 8, 2024.
== Awards == In 2024, MacCallum received the John R. "Tex" Cray Award for Excellence in Journalism from the Congressional Medal of Honor Society for her work covering the military.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rutz |first=David |date=2024-10-04 |title=Fox News' Martha MacCallum honored at Patriot Awards Gala for career covering military |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/fox-news-martha-maccallum-honored-patriot-awards-gala-career-covering-military |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref> MacCallum is a two-time recipient of the [[Gracie Award]] for Women in Journalism in 1997 and 2003,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-19|title=Martha MacCallum|url=https://www.foxnews.com/person/m/martha-maccallum|access-date=2021-05-19|website=Fox News|language=en-US}}</ref> and has received the [[Soldiersocks]] / [[SoldierStrong]] Commitment To Serve award.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/martha-maccallum-accepts-award-from-soldiersocks|title=Martha MacCallum accepts award from SoldierSocks|last=MacCallum|first=Martha|date=2014-12-18|newspaper=Fox News|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-06}}</ref>
== Book == In 2020, assisted by Ronald J. Drez, she published a book titled ''Unknown Valor: A Story of Family, Courage, and Sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima'', incorporating the personal stories of several United States Marines into the larger story of the Pacific Campaign, making [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' bestseller list]] on March 15, 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction - Best Sellers - Books - March 15, 2020 - The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2020/03/15/combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction/ |access-date=2024-09-10 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
== Personal life == Martha MacCallum married Dan Gregory on August 22, 1992, at St. Elizabeth Church in [[Wyckoff, New Jersey]]. Together, they have 3 children, two sons and a daughter.<ref name=nyt920823 />
==See also== * [[New Yorkers in journalism]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website|https://www.foxnews.com/person/m/martha-maccallum}} * {{Facebook|MarthaMacCallum}} * {{Twitter}} * {{IMDb name|1972944}}
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