# Shannon Bream > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Shannon_Bream > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Shannon_Bream.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Bream > Source revision: 1354434211 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American journalist}} {{Infobox person | name = Shannon Bream | image = Shannon Bream WH 2025.jpg | caption = Bream in 2025 | birth_name = Shannon Noelle DePuy | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|12|23}} | birth_place = [Tallahassee, Florida](/source/Tallahassee%2C_Florida), U.S. | education = [Liberty University](/source/Liberty_University) ([BS](/source/Bachelor_of_Science))
[Florida State University](/source/Florida_State_University) ([JD](/source/Juris_Doctor)) | occupation = Television [news anchor](/source/news_anchor), [reporter](/source/reporter), attorney | employer = [Fox News Media](/source/Fox_News_Media) | other_names = | family = | spouse = {{marriage|Sheldon Bream|1995}}{{cite web |title=Sheldon Bream, Shannon Bream's Husband |url=https://heavy.com/news/2018/09/sheldon-bream-shannon-husband/ |website=heavy.com |date=4 September 2018 |publisher=[Heavy](/source/Heavy_(website)) |access-date=22 July 2021}} | partner = | children = | relatives = | credits = | agent = | website = }} '''Shannon Noelle Bream''' ({{née}} '''DePuy'''; born December 23, 1970){{cite news|url=http://onthescene.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/11/11/thank-you-veterans/|title=Thank You Veterans |publisher=[Fox News](/source/Fox_News)|url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111004103334/http://onthescene.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/11/11/thank-you-veterans/| archive-date=October 4, 2011|quote=Ed DePuy ... my father}}{{cite news|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/how-fox-news-channels-shannon| title=How Fox News Channel's Shannon Bream Went From Pageants to Politics|first=Linda Kramer|last = Jenning|work=[Glamour](/source/Glamour_(magazine))| date=September 10, 2012|access-date=March 26, 2018|quote= For Shannon Bream, now 41 [as of September 10, 2012]...}}{{cite web | url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/23/playbook-birthday-shannon-bream-450213 | title=BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Shannon Bream, anchor of 'Fox News @ Night' and chief legal correspondent | website=[Politico](/source/Politico) | date=23 December 2020 }} is an American [journalist](/source/journalist) and [attorney](/source/Lawyer) who is a host of ''[Fox News Sunday](/source/Fox_News_Sunday)'' on the [Fox network](/source/Fox_Broadcasting_Company) and [Fox News](/source/Fox_News). She is also chief legal correspondent for the channel.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-20 |title=Shannon Bream |url=https://www.foxnews.com/person/b/shannon-bream |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}} In 2022, she became host of ''Fox News Sunday''.{{cite web | url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/shannon-bream-named-fox-news-sunday-host-becoming-first-woman-anchor-program-26-year-history | title=Shannon Bream named 'FOX News Sunday' host, becoming first woman to anchor program in its 26-year history | website=[Fox News](/source/Fox_News) | date=11 August 2022 }} Prior to hosting ''Fox News Sunday'', she was the host of ''[Fox News @ Night](/source/Fox_News_%40_Night)'' for five years. She was also a former contestant in the [Miss America 1991](/source/Miss_America_1991) and [Miss USA 1995](/source/Miss_USA_1995) pageants. She was a correspondent for [News 12 Networks](/source/News_12_Networks) on [Long Island](/source/Long_Island) in the 1990s. ==Early life and education== Bream was born and raised in [Tallahassee, Florida](/source/Tallahassee%2C_Florida), to Linda (née Evans; 1949–2006), a county clerk and law office manager, and police officer and former Leon County Commissioner Clarence Edward DePuy Jr. (1946–2013).{{cite web | url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/tallahassee/name/linda-depuy-obituary?id=26182654 | title=Linda DePuy Obituary (2006) - Tallahassee, FL - Tallahassee Democrat | website=[Legacy.com](/source/Legacy.com) }}{{cite web | url=https://twotenmag.com/magazine/issue-6/features/good-news-on-location-with-shannon-bream/ | title=On Location with Shannon Bream | TwoTen Magazine }}{{Cite news|first= |last= |author-link= |title= Clarence Edward "Ed" DePuy Jr. Obituary |newspaper=[The Palm Beach Post](/source/The_Palm_Beach_Post)|date=April 19, 2013 |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/palmbeachpost/name/clarence-depuy-obituary?id=18323897 |via=[legacy.com](/source/legacy.com)}} She attended [Liberty University](/source/Liberty_University) in [Lynchburg, Virginia](/source/Lynchburg%2C_Virginia), and, while there, won the [pageant](/source/Beauty_pageant) title [Miss Virginia](/source/Miss_Virginia) in 1990. She then participated and finished in the top 10 in the [Miss America 1991](/source/Miss_America_1991) pageant, where she was awarded a scholarship award that covered much of her undergraduate education.{{cite news|url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/11/01/3638538/shannon-bream-proved-old-boss.html#storylink=cpy|title=Shannon Bream proved old boss wrong|first=Mark|last=Washburn|date=November 2, 2012|work=[Charlotte Observer](/source/Charlotte_Observer)|location=North Carolina|archive-date=July 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721131411/http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/11/01/3638538/shannon-bream-proved-old-boss.html#storylink=cpy|url-status=dead}} After graduating from Liberty University in 1993 with a business management degree ''[magna cum laude](/source/magna_cum_laude)'',{{Cite web|title=Shannon Bream Speaking Engagement|url=https://www.wsb.com/speakers/shannon-bream/|access-date=2020-12-31|publisher=[Omnicom Group](/source/Omnicom_Group): Washington Speakers Bureau}} Bream attended [Florida State University College of Law](/source/Florida_State_University_College_of_Law), where she interned with U.S. Congressman [Bill McCollum](/source/Bill_McCollum), who was later appointed [Florida Attorney General](/source/Florida_Attorney_General). While at law school at Florida State, she won the [Miss Florida USA](/source/Miss_Florida_USA) pageant in 1995 and placed fourth in the [Miss USA 1995](/source/Miss_USA_1995) pageant, which paid for her law school education. ==Career== thumb|Bream reporting on the Iowa elections in 2012 thumb|Bream in 2019 After graduating with a [JD](/source/Juris_Doctor) degree with honors from [Florida State University College of Law](/source/Florida_State_University_College_of_Law) in 1996, Bream moved to [Tampa, Florida](/source/Tampa%2C_Florida), where she began her career as a lawyer specializing in race discrimination and sexual harassment.{{cite web|url=http://www.glamour.com/inspired/blogs/the-conversation/2012/09/how-fox-news-channels-shannon.html|title=How FOX News Channel's Shannon Bream Went From Pageants to Politics|author=Linda Kramer Jenning|work=Glamour|date=10 September 2012 |access-date=April 14, 2016}} In 2001, she transitioned to television journalism, becoming the evening and late-night news reporter for [WBTV](/source/WBTV) in [Charlotte, North Carolina](/source/Charlotte%2C_North_Carolina). In 2004, after three years at WBTV, Bream joined [Washington D.C.](/source/Washington_D.C.)'s [NBC](/source/NBC) affiliate [WRC-TV](/source/WRC-TV). At WRC-TV, she was a weekend anchor and covered general assignments.{{cite web |title=Shannon Bream |url=http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/shannon-bream/bio/ |website=[Fox News](/source/Fox_News) |access-date=22 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725110030/http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/shannon-bream/bio/#s=a-d|archive-date= 25 July 2014}} While at WRC-TV, Bream met [Brit Hume](/source/Brit_Hume), who was the managing editor of [Fox News](/source/Fox_News)'s Washington, D.C. bureau. With Hume's encouragement, she submitted audition tapes to Fox News.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.liberty.edu/libertyjournal/index.cfm?PID=15758§ion=8&artid=710&CFID=5038969&CFTOKEN=60347344|title=Supreme Dedication|first=Teresa|last=Dunham| magazine=Liberty Journal|publisher=[Liberty University](/source/Liberty_University)|location=Lynchburg, Virginia|date=April 1, 2009|archive-date=April 26, 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090426090916/http://www.liberty.edu/libertyjournal/index.cfm?PID=15758§ion=8&artid=710&CFID=5038969&CFTOKEN=60347344|url-status=dead}} Bream joined Fox News in November 2007, and was based in the network's Washington, D.C. bureau. She then became the anchor/host of ''[Fox News @ Night](/source/Fox_News_%40_Night)''.{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/shannon-bream-to-host-new-fox-news-night-prime-time-show/|title=Shannon Bream to host new 'Fox News @ Night' prime-time show|publisher=Fox News |date= September 21, 2017|access-date=March 26, 2018|first=Brian|last=Flood}} On August 11, 2022, it was announced that Bream would replace [Chris Wallace](/source/Chris_Wallace) as ''[Fox News Sunday](/source/Fox_News_Sunday)''{{'s}} new anchor, beginning September 11, 2022. In addition to hosting ''Fox News Sunday'', Bream appears periodically on other Fox News programs, including ''[America's Newsroom](/source/America's_Newsroom),'' [''Outnumbered''](/source/Outnumbered_(American_TV_program)), ''[America Reports](/source/America_Reports)'', ''[The Story with Martha MacCallum](/source/The_Story_with_Martha_MacCallum)'', ''[The Five](/source/The_Five_(talk_show)),'' [''Special Report''](/source/Special_Report_(TV_program)) and ''[Gutfeld!](/source/Gutfeld!)'' as a guest and as a substitute host. Bream is the author of three books: ''Finding the Bright Side: The Art of Chasing What Matters'',{{Cite web|last=Johnson|first=Ted|date=2020-01-17|title=Fox News Channel Signs Shannon Bream To New Deal|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/fox-news-channel-shannon-bream-1202834029/|access-date=2021-06-19|website=[Deadline](/source/Deadline_Hollywood)|language=en-US}} ''The Women of the Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16 Women and Their Lessons for Today,''{{Cite web|last1=Towers|first1=Andrea|last2=Ellefson|first2=Lindsey|date=2021-03-31|title=Fox News' Shannon Bream Caps 'Difficult Year' With Her New Best-Seller|url=https://www.thewrap.com/fox-news-books-shannon-bream-the-women-of-the-bible-speak/|access-date=2021-06-19|website=[The Wrap](/source/The_Wrap)|language=en-US}} and ''The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak: Lessons on Faith from Nine Biblical Families''.{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.com/Mothers-Daughters-Bible-Speak-Biblical-ebook/dp/B09C64SWN3/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1648700178&refinements=p_27%3AShannon+Bream&s=books&sr=1-1 | title=The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak: Lessons on Faith from Nine Biblical Families | date=29 March 2022 | publisher=Broadside e-books }} The book ''The Women of the Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16 Women and Their Lessons for Today'' reached the number one spot on [''The New York Times'' Best Seller list](/source/New_York_Times_Best_Seller).{{Cite web|last=Byrnes|first=Jesse|date=2021-04-08|title=Fox News anchor Shannon Bream's book tops NY Times bestseller list|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/547220-fox-news-anchor-shannon-breams-book-tops-nytimes-bestseller-list|access-date=2021-06-19|website=[The Hill](/source/The_Hill_(newspaper))|language=en}} ==Personal life== Bream is a [Christian](/source/Christianity) and is trained as a classical pianist. Bream's husband, Sheldon Bream, has a company that connects event planners with speakers, and is a [brain tumor](/source/brain_tumor) survivor.{{cite web |title=Shannon Bream opens up about husband's brain tumor: 'It just threw our world into a tailspin' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/shannon-bream-husband-brain-tumor |website=[Fox News](/source/Fox_News) |date=13 January 2020 |access-date=22 July 2021}} They have no children as she believes she was called by God not to have children and concentrate on her career.{{cite web |title= Excruciating Pain Left Fox Anchor Shannon Bream in Total Despair, Then She Heard the Voice of God |url=https://cbn.com/news/us/excruciating-pain-left-fox-anchor-shannon-bream-total-despair-then-she-heard-voice-god |author=Jenna Browder |website=[Christian Broadcasting Network](/source/Christian_Broadcasting_Network) |date=23 January 2020 |access-date=11 July 2025}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140725110030/http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/shannon-bream/bio/#s=a-d Shannon Bream] Fox News biography * {{IMDb name|2166842}} {{Miss America 1991 Delegates}} {{Florida Pageant Winners}} {{Virginia Pageant Winners}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bream, Shannon}} Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century American women journalists Category:21st-century American journalists Category:American Christians Category:American television reporters and correspondents Category:American women television journalists Category:Florida lawyers Category:Florida State University College of Law alumni Category:Fox News people Category:Liberty University alumni Category:Miss America 1991 delegates Category:Miss USA 1995 delegates Category:Miss Virginia winners Category:People from Tallahassee, Florida Category:People from Tampa, Florida Category:American people of French descent Category:American people of English descent --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Shannon Bream](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Bream) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Bream?action=history)). 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