Patti Ann Browne (born September 10, 1965) is an American

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and

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best known for her work with

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from 2000 to 2018.

Education

Browne has a

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s from

Fordham University Fordham University () is a private Jesuit research university in New York City. Established in 1841 and named after the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx in which its original campus is located, Fordham is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit un ...

in New York City. Browne was editor of Fordham's literary magazine ''Alternative Motifs''. While at Fordham, Browne worked for ''

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Magazine'' part-time for four years, and was an intern for Joan Lunden's syndicated weekly television show on parenting called "Mother’s Day" (later "Every Day"). She co-hosted a popular Irish music program on Fordham's far-reaching radio station WFUV-FM (90.7FM). She was also news anchor and News Director of that 50,000-watt station. Browne earned a

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in Communication Arts from the

New York Institute of Technology The New York Institute of Technology (NYIT or New York Tech) is a private research university founded in 1955. It has two main campuses in New York—one in Old Westbury, on Long Island, and one in Manhattan. Additionally, it has a cyberse ...

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. She attended on a full scholarship (teacher assistantship) that involved teaching news-writing and production skills to

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s. She was a general assignment reporter for NYIT's award-winning news program ''LI News Tonight'', which airs nightly on

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cable.

Career

Browne's professional broadcast career began in radio, at WLIM-AM on Long Island, NY, where she was morning-drive news anchor/writer. Browne's first television job was nightly anchor and News Director of WLIG TV 55, seen in

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and on Long Island. Browne gained network affiliate experience as a full-time anchor/reporter at WSJV- TV in South Bend, Indiana — the region's ABC network affiliate at the time, now a Fox affiliate. Browne headed the station's Michigan Bureau. Browne joined

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, Long Island's 24-hour cable news television channel covering

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and

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. She worked as a general assignment reporter, and spent several years out in the field, covering major stories next to

reporters. Browne received praise for her live coverage from the scene of the Long Island Rail Road shooting committed by Colin Ferguson, and for her unscripted anchoring of the crash of

TWA Flight 800 Trans World Airlines Flight 800 (TWA800) was a Boeing 747-100 that exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York, on July 17, 1996, at about 8:31pm. EDT, 12 minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy Internationa ...

. Browne went live from Manhattan covering the investigation after the

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in 1993. She reported from Washington, D.C. covering national issues affecting

, Browne also reported from

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covering state politics, and from the

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during international crises. She co-anchored the station's highest-rated show, its 3-hour morning news program. She also hosted 'Reporter Roundtable', News 12's weekly half-hour news talk show. Browne spent some mornings as host on

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, a popular Long Island FM rock music radio station. She was their substitute news anchor for a brief period, opposite DJ Bob Buchman. Browne was an anchor for

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, hosting a 2-hour weekend show, ''Weekend Morning Line''. During her years at MSNBC, she covered un-scripted

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and conducted live interviews. Browne served as a substitute news anchor on

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. Browne started at

in August 2000, where she hosted the headline update during several Fox News shows and substitute-anchored various shows. Browne was a regular guest-panelist on late night talk show ''

Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld ''Red Eye'', also known as ''Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld'' from 2007 to 2015 and ''Red Eye w/ Tom Shillue'' from 2015 to 2017, was an American late-night/early-morning satirical talk show on Fox News, which aired at 3:00 a.m. ET Tuesday throu ...

''. In addition, Browne was one of the rotating co-hosts of the Fox early-morning show ''Fox & Friends First'' which directly preceded ''

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''. She left the network in February 2018. In May 2022, her book ''Write Your Own Story, How I Took Control by Letting Go'' was published by

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, distributed by

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, and advertised as "A witty and candid glimpse of life in cable news from a long-time anchor who walked away from the spotlight and found joy in faith, family, and life’s simple pleasures."

Personal

Browne lives in the New York City area with her husband and son. She grew up in

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. She has an identical twin sister and a younger sister. Browne is

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and was inducted into the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn's Hall of Fame in 2012.St. Francis Preparatory School: "Patti Ann Browne '83 Inducted into Diocese of Brooklyn's Hall of Fame
October 16, 2012

References

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