Through its New Albany Lecture Series, The New Albany Community Foundation presents Bret Baier, prominent news and broadcast journalist who is known for his objective reporting.
Bret Baier is a prominent journalist in the news and broadcast industry. Known for his objective reporting, Baier currently serves as FOX News Channel’s (FNC) Chief Political Anchor and Anchor of Special Report with Bret Baier, the top-rated cable news program in its timeslot and consistently one of the top five shows in cable news. Baier celebrated his 10-year anniversary of anchoring Special Report in January 2019. He is also an accomplished author with five New York Times best-sellers.
During his tenure at the network, Baier has interviewed President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, former President Barack Obama, former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney. He has also anchored more than thirty political specials on FNC, reported from Iraq 12 times and Afghanistan 13 times, traveled the world with various administrations and military officials and reported from 74 countries. His extensive coverage of President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration alongside Martha MacCallum, which delivered the highest-rated inauguration coverage in network history, according to Nielsen.
Special Report with Bret Baier was acknowledged by TIME magazine’s Joe Klein as the only “straight newscast” in cable news.
