Shepard Smith

Shepard Smith

David Shepard Smith Jr. is an American broadcast journalist for NBC News and CNBC. He is best known for his 23-year career at Fox News Channel. In 2003, The Fox Report with Shepard Smith was ranked third among the top five U.S. cable news programs. Smith tied for second with Dan Rather and Peter Jennings as the most-trusted news anchor on both network and cable news.

About Shepard Smith in brief

Summary Shepard SmithDavid Shepard Smith Jr. is an American broadcast journalist for NBC News and CNBC. He is best known for his 23-year career at Fox News Channel, where he served as chief anchor and managing editor of its breaking news division. In 2003, The Fox Report with Shepard Smith was ranked third among the top five U.S. cable news programs, and Smith tied for second with Dan Rather and Peter Jennings as the most-trusted news anchor on both network and cable news. In November 2017, Smith infuriated some Fox News viewers when he countered claims that the Obama administration approved a deal allowing a Russian company to buy a Canadian company with mining interests in the US in exchange for donations to the Clinton Foundation.

On March 15, 2018, Fox News signed Smith to a multi-year contract. On October 11, 2019, Smith stunned viewers and colleagues when he announced on Shepard Smith Reporting that he was leaving the network. On July 8, 2020, the business and economic news network CNBC announced Smith would join the network as chief general news anchor and chief general breaking news anchor.