Arthel Neville
Arthel Neville | |
|---|---|
| Born | Arthel Helena Neville October 20, 1962 New Orleans,Louisiana,U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin |
| Occupation(s) | Televisionnews anchorandreporter,television personality |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Employer(s) | Fox News Tegna Inc. CNN |
| Spouses | |
| Parent(s) | Art Neville,Doris Neville |
Arthel Helena Neville(born October 20, 1962) is an American journalist, television personality, and weekend anchor forFox News,based inManhattanalongside co-anchorEric Shawn.
Neville is the daughter of Doris Neville andArt Neville,aGrammyAward-winning singer, songwriter, keyboardist, solo artist and founder of the New Orleans music groupsThe Hawketts,The Meters,andThe Neville Brothers.She is the niece of Grammy Award-winning singerAaron Neville,as well as the cousin of singerIvan Neville.
Biography[edit]
Arthel Neville was born and raised inNew Orleans,Louisiana,and graduated fromSt. Mary's Dominican High Schoolin New Orleans. After graduating, she traveled toNew York Cityto pursue acting and modeling. She landed commercials and a small role on the soap operaAll My Childrenbefore returning to New Orleans. She enrolled in pre-pharmacy atXavier Universitybefore switching to journalism atSouthern Methodist University.She transferred to theUniversity of Texas at Austin,where she was able to earn a bachelor's in journalism while also working as a reporter.
She began her career as a general assignment reporter atKVUE-TV while a junior at theUniversity of Texas at AustinSchool of Journalism, now known asMoody College of Communication.
Career[edit]
The first female African-American on-air reporter atKVUE-TV, her general assignment beat took her to the streets of Austin covering live breaking news, politics, education, health, and human-interest stories.
Neville's first job after graduation was in New Orleans as a reporter/anchor forWWL.In 1988 she moved back to Texas for a one-year stint as a reporter for Houston'sKHOU-TV.Neville returned to New Orleans as an anchor/reporter forWVUE.
In 1991 she landed the host spot onExtreme Close-Up,a one-on-one celebrity interview show that she co-produced forE!Entertainment TV. During three years with the program she logged over 200 interviews with Hollywood stars ranging fromWill Smith,Tom CruiseandSharon Stone,to music icons such asDavid Bowie,Whitney HoustonandSade,becoming the nation's first high-profile black female entertainment reporter. During this period she also covered live entertainment events for the network and occasionally filled in as a guest host on their signature showTalk Soup(hosted byGreg Kinnear). In 1994 she beat out over 1,000 hopefuls to launch and anchorExtrafor Warner Brothers studios, becoming the first African-American woman to host a nationally syndicated entertainment news magazine program. Neville remained withExtrauntil 1996 when the program was revamped. In 1997, she teamed up with L.A. sportscasterFred Rogginto hostThe Arthel & Fred Show,a syndicated daytime entertainment news program that lasted only one season. A year later, Neville left Los Angeles for New York and became a senior correspondent on the Fox Network's syndicated news magazineFox Files,and atFox Newsas an anchor, correspondent, host ofCelebrity Spotlight,and weekly contributor onThe O'Reilly Factor.
Neville co-hosted theMiss Teen USA 1993pageant withDick Clark,and theMiss Universe 1994pageant inManila,PhilippineswithEntertainment Tonight'sBob Goen.She has also appeared onDays of Our Lives,Monk,Girlfriends,Moesha,Cybill,Living Single,andThe Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
In 2002 Neville joinedCNNto become the host ofTalkBack Livewith Arthel Neville,becoming the first African-American woman to host her own signature show on the news network. The hybrid format show presented news of the day and featured live interaction with audience members and guests, in-studio, via satellite, phone, and internet. While at CNN, she also anchored morning and daytime news, and co-anchored weekend news withAnderson Cooperfrom CNN'sAtlantaandNew York Citybureaus.
In 2003 Neville was recognized by theUniversity of Texas at Austinfor her outstanding contribution to broadcast journalism. She received theTexas Exes' Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award, which is bestowed upon four University of Texas alumnae under the age of 45 who have reached a level of excellence in their respective fields.
Later, Neville co-hosted Fox's nationally syndicated morning showGood Day LivewithSteve EdwardsandDebbie Matenopoulos,hostedCelebrity Hobbieson theDIY Network,[1]and served as a correspondent for the 2005 revival of the syndicated news magazineA Current Affair.On that show, she garnered much acclaim for her coverage ofHurricane Katrinain her hometown of New Orleans. In March 2006, she joined the Fox News–produced syndicated news magazineGeraldo at Largeas the West Coast bureau chief and correspondent.[2]She also served as guest co-host onThe Viewin the fall of 2006.
On August 1, 2008, Neville became the lead anchor for the Fox 5 Morning News, a four-hour weekday newscast onKSWB-TVin San Diego.[3]Within a year, she made an impact on the San Diego community as evidenced by her nomination bySan Diego Magazinefor their 2009 Woman of the Year Award.[4]
In addition to her anchoring duties for Fox and KSWB-TV, Neville was a recurring guest onHLNShowbiz Tonight.In May 2009, Neville's showConversations with Arthel Neville,a one-on-one celebrity interview show produced through her company, began airing onMy Channelon Sky TV (British Sky Broadcasting), Fox's sister network in theUnited Kingdomto 9 million homes in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and the Channel Islands, as well as parts of Germany, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, and Italy.
In June 2010, Neville returned toFox Newsas a news anchor onAmerica's Newsroom,America's News Headquarters,andHappening Now,a contributor onThe O'Reilly FactorandRed Eye w/Greg Gutfeld,and fill-in anchor onAmerica Live with Megyn Kelly.[5]She also served as a correspondent from New Orleans for the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina forStudio B with Shepard SmithandFox Report.[6]
Neville is currently the weekend anchor atFox Newswith Saturday and Sunday midday, afternoon and evening newscasts of "Fox News Live,"formerly known asAmerica's News Headquarters.
On October 28, 2016, Neville was honored at theUniversity of Texas at Austinas aTexas Exes2016 Distinguished Alum.[7]
In 2017, Neville was awarded theMoody College of Communication'sDeWitt Carter Reddickjournalism award as their first African American female honoree. Past recipients have includedWalter Cronkite,Bill Moyers,Dan RatherandTed Turner.[8]
Also in 2017, Neville started projects outside of and in addition to her news career. She launched her accessories line Arthel Neville Design, featuring handbags adorned with her quotes promoting female empowerment.[9]
Neville also was announced as the host of the show "Sing Like A Star" byTegna, Inc.The interactive, weekly cross-platform singing competition is filmed in Neville's hometown ofNew Orleansin conjunction withWWL-TVand debuted September 16, 2017.[10]
On May 18, 2018, Neville was the keynote speaker for the commencement ceremony at her alma mater, theMoody College of Communicationat TheUniversity of Texas at Austin.[11]
On March 5, 2021,America's News Headquarters,Neville's weekend newscast with co-anchorEric Shawnwas announced as renamed as "Fox News Live."[12]
Personal life[edit]
She was married to former NFL running backDerrick Lassicfrom 1995 to 1998. She has been married to percussionist and recording artistTaku Hiranosince 2001.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Arthel Neville's DIY showArchivedMarch 12, 2007, at theWayback Machine
- ^Geraldo@Large
- ^Neville To Join San Diego's KWSB on 1 Aug 8ArchivedAugust 9, 2008, at theWayback Machine
- ^"Arthel Neville nominated for '2009 Woman of the Year' - KSWB".Fox5sandiego.com. 2009-05-28. Archived fromthe originalon 2009-05-31.Retrieved2011-09-29.
- ^San Diego's Arthel Neville returning to Fox News.Medialite.com. June 1, 2010.
- ^kevin on August 23, 2010 2:23 PM (2010-08-23)."Katrina Anniversary Coverage Update - TVNewser".Mediabistro.com.Retrieved2011-09-29.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^10/28/16 ORANGE TOWER HONORS DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI.utexas.edu. October 28, 2016.
- ^12/18/17 Integrity, Honesty and Trust: Alumna and broadcast legend Arthel Neville receives 2017 Reddick Award
- ^5/26/17 Arthel Neville's Women's Empowerment Accessory Line Is Chic And Meaningful.bustle.com. May 26, 2017.
- ^8/17/17 TEGNA Announces "Sing Like a Star," New Singing Competition Premiering September 16.businesswire.com August 17, 2017.
- ^3/19/18 Seeking Accuracy: Broadcast journalist Arthel Neville to deliver spring commencement address May 18.moody.utexas.edu. March 19, 2018.
- ^3/5/21 Fox News revamps weekend breaking news show.The HillMarch 5, 2021.
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