Jane Skinner (born February 12, 1967) is an American former daytime

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who worked for

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, co-hosting ''Happening Now'' with Jon Scott from 11 am to 1 pm 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. She is married to NFL Commissioner

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Early life

Jane Skinner was raised in

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, and graduated from Lake Forest High School in 1985. Skinner received her bachelor's and master's degrees from

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Career

Broadcast journalism

Skinner began her career as a reporter for KBJR in

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, before working for

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. She left Portland in 1993 to become a reporter for

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. In January 1995, she became the weekend evening anchor for WITI in

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after that station became a

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affiliate. At the time she married Goodell in 1997, she left Milwaukee to move to Manhattan. After freelancing for

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, Skinner was hired by

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as a correspondent and weekend anchor. Before co-anchoring ''Happening Now'', Skinner hosted the 2 p.m. ET edition of '' Fox News Live'' and hosted a segment on '' Studio B'' called "Skinnerville". Prior 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''. Skinner left Fox News in 2010.

Production

After departing Fox News, Skinner rarely made public statements. Between 2019 and 2022, Skinner created three projects that highlighted women in the

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. She co-executive produced

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's "A Lifetime of Sundays" - a documentary about four female NFL owners:

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of the

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, Virginia Halas McCaskey of the

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, Martha Ford of the

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and Patricia Rooney of the

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. She also co-produced the "Earnin' It: The NFL's Forward Progress"

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and co-executive produced

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's five-part TV series about influential women in football with the same title. In 2024, Skinner worked with Peyton Manning's Omaha Productions to co-executive produce "The Buddy Way," a documentary on the life of visionary Dartmouth College football coach Buddy Teevens.

Personal life

Her father is Sam Skinner, former

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and

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under President

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. On October 25, 1997, she married now-

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. The two moved from Manhattan to

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, in 2005 and have twin daughters. In 2016, Skinner—a collector of contemporary art—was named to the board of the

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. Skinner also serves on the board of the Women's Coaching Alliance.

References

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