Anna Kooiman
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Kooiman (right) conducting an interview in 2012
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Anna Brooks Kooiman February 7, 1984 Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Residence | Sydney, Australia |
| Nationality | United States |
| Education | University of North Carolina at Wilmington (2005) |
| Occupation | Anchor |
| Years active | 2004–September 2016 |
| Employer | Fox News Channel |
| Television | Fox and Friends Weekend |
| Spouse(s) | Tim Stuckey (m. 2015) |
Anna Kooiman is a former American news anchor. From 2011 to September, 2016, she served as anchor and reporter for Fox News Channel (FNC) based in New York City. Kooiman's last position with Fox News was as co-host on the weekend edition of FNC's FOX & Friends.
Kooiman grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, where her parents still live and own businesses – Southeast Oasis Pool and the Peppermint Forest Christmas Shop. Of Dutch ancestry, she went to Myers Park High School (2002 graduate), where she played softball, and also played with the SouthPark Youth Association.
Kooiman's early work in TV broadcast journalism began with her working as a sideline reporter for Fox Sports during her college years at UNC Wilmington in 2004. After graduation, Kooiman continued her work as a reporter, anchor and video journalist for WWAY in Wilmington, NC in 2005. In January 2007 Kooiman moved to Toledo, Ohio and began working for the local NBC affiliate, WNWO, as morning anchor and reporter. While there, Kooiman served as franchise reporter for a partnership with US Marshals that helped catch over 100 fugitives.
In May 2008, Kooiman moved back to Charlotte, North Carolina, to work as an Anchor/Reporter/Host for Fox News Rising, a four-hour news and entertainment morning show on the then-FOX affiliate WCCB (as of 2013, WCCB became a CW-affiliated network). While at WCCB-TV, she reported on local news stories, entertainment, weather, and traffic. In December 2011, her position changed to a Fox News Channel New York-based correspondent covering health and fitness as well as general assignment reporting.
Kooiman joined Fox News Network as an anchor and reporter for Fox News Channel (FNC) based in New York City in 2011 and was host on the weekend edition of FNC's FOX & Friends. During the week, Kooiman was a general assignment reporter for Fox News. In that role, Kooiman covered terror attacks in San Bernardino, California, and Orlando, Florida. She was also out in the elements during major weather events like Super Storm Sandy, tornadoes in Moore, OK, and the 2016 NE Blizzard. Kooiman covered the Fox debates for the GOP primary in Detroit. Kooiman has also hosted the All American New Year for FNC. Her franchise, 'Roadtrip with Anna Kooiman' takes viewers around the USA checking off bucket list items. Anna also hosted Fox News Extra segments.
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