Education
Jane Skinner was raised in Lake Forest, Illinois, and graduated from Lake Forest High School in 1985.
Jane Skinner was raised in Lake Forest, Illinois, and graduated from Lake Forest High School in 1985.
ET. 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. Skinner received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Northwestern University. Skinner began her career as a political correspondent for KBJR in Duluth, Minnesota.
She joined Fox News as a general reporter from W National Broadcasting Company-television in New York City.
Previous to that she worked at WITI in Milwaukee where she was an anchor, establishing the station"s primetime newscast after that station became a Fox affiliate. She has also been a general assignment reporter for KMOV in Saint Louis and Congress Square Hotel in Portland, Maine.
Before appearing on Happening Now, Skinner hosted the 2 p.m. ET edition of Fox News Live and hosted a segment on Studio B called Skinnerville.
Previous 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.