Adam Housley | |
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Born |
Arthur Adam Housley August 13, 1971 Napa, California, United States |
Occupation | Senior News Correspondent |
Spouse(s) | Tamera Mowry-Housley (m. 2011) |
Children | 2 |
Arthur Adam Housley (born August 13, 1971) is an Emmy and AP award-winning American journalist and former professional baseball player. He joined Fox News Channel (FNC) in 2001 as a Los Angeles-based senior correspondent.
Housley has reported on international conflicts in the Middle East and Latin America, while also covering major events such as the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, 2010 Haiti earthquake, 2010 Copiapó mining accident, 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Ferguson unrest, and the 2015 San Bernardino attack.
A graduate of Pepperdine University, Housley played on the 1992 National Champion College World Series Baseball Team and spent two summers playing for Harwich in the Cape Cod League. He was also a Junior Olympic All-American baseball player as a pitcher and hitter. He received a double bachelor degree in political science and telecommunications from Pepperdine University. He was a two-time media fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and received his MA in International Relations from the University of Arizona. Prior to his career in television, Housley played professional baseball and was drafted by the Montreal Expos and played for both the Milwaukee Brewers and the Detroit Tigers minor league organizations, pitching in 97 games.
Prior to joining FNC, Housley served as a reporter at KTXL-TV (Fox) in Sacramento, California from 1999 to 2001, where he received an array of awards including the 2001 Regional Associated Press Reporting Award and a Regional Emmy Award. In addition, he was the lead reporter for KFTY-TV, an independent station in Santa Rosa, California, from 1998 to 2000. Before that, Housley was a live reporter for KCPM-TV (NBC) in Chico, California from 1997 to 1998, where he won a California Department of Forestry Award for capturing a wanted 50,000 acre arsonist. Housley began his career as a reporter for KVON-KVYN radio in his native Napa, where he developed and produced newscasts.