Patti Ann Browne

  Patti Ann Browne (born September 10 1965) is an American anchor for news and a reporter best well-known for her work for Fox News Channel from 2000 until the year in the year. Browne holds a bachelor's degree in Communications from Fordham University in New York City. Browne was editor of Fordham's literary magazine Alternative Motifs. When she was working at Fordham, Browne worked for Newsweek Magazine part-time for four years. She was also an intern on Joan Lunden's syndicated weekly show on parenting, titled "Mother's Day" (later "Every Day").She hosted the wildly popular Irish music show on Fordham's incredibly wide-reaching radio station WFUV-FM (90.7FM). She was also anchor for news and News Director at the 50,000-watt station.Browne received a master's degree in Communication Arts from the New York Institute of Technology located in Old Westbury, New York. Full scholarships (teacher assistantship) paid for her attendance. This involved teaching the art of news writing and production to students in the undergraduate program. She was a general assignment reporter for NYIT's award-winning news program LI News Tonight, which airs nightly on Long Island cable.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 New York City 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 was the station's Michigan Bureau.