Chad Pergram has wu award journalist based in Washington, D.C. Chad Pergram currently serves as a congressional correspondent for Fox News Channel. ^[1]

Chad Pergram is a native of Jacksonburg, Ohio, the state's smallest incorporated village with a population of 52.^[12] He attended Miami University and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Political Science in 1991.^[3] Subsequently, he earned his Master's degree in Communication from Miami in 1993.

Chad Pergram began his career in Journalism when he was in high school. He worked as an intern, reporter, and anchor at WKRC-AM in Cincinnati. Chad Pergram then joined public radio station WMUB in Oxford, Ohio.

Prior to joining Fox News Channel in September 2007, Pergram served as a reporter for Capitol News Connection. Additionally, he produced and anchored newscasts for NPR in Washington and served as a Senate producer for C-SPAN.^[11]

Chad Pergram served as a senior Capitol Hill producer covering a range of historical moments from Capitol Hill, including the 2010 and 2018 midterm elections, Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Justice Neil Gorsuch's confirmation hearings, the 2016 presidential election cycle, and various legislative hallmarks and showdowns, including the 2010 passage of both the Affordable Care Act and Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform, the 2011 debt-ceiling fight, tax reform in 2017, as well as the 2018-2019 government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history. ^[11]

In 2017, just blocks from Pergram's residence in Alexandria, Virginia, a gunman opened fire at a baseball practice for Republican members of Congress ahead of the annual Congressional game, critically wounding then-House Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and injuring several others. Pergram led the breaking news coverage and followed the story throughout Scalise's recovery.^[11]

Most recently, Pergram was a staple of Fox News Channel's impeachment coverage in the House of Representatives, breaking down the procedural elements and providing timely analysis. According to Nielsen Media Research, Fox News's special coverage of the impeachment hearings outpaced all of broadcast and cable news coverage.^[11]

Pergram currently serves as a congressional correspondent for Fox News Channel.^[11]

Chad Pergram was named Best Radio Reporter by the Ohio Associated Press in 1992.^[12]

In 2006, Pergram received the Joan S. Barone Award for Excellence in National Affairs/Public Broadcast Journalism; it is considered one of the most prestigious awards for broadcast reporting on Capitol Hill.^[12]

In March 2007, he won an Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in reporting his coverage of outgoing House Majority Leader and Texas representative Tom DeLay .^{[10] [12]}

Chad Pergram enjoys snow skiing; he has skied various locations in the Alps as well as the Canadian Rockies. He also has a second-degree black belt in Taekwondo.^[12]

He lives in Alexandria, Virginia with his Welsh Corgi, Hampton.^[12]

As of March 2020, Pergram has about 116,000 followers on his ChadPergram Twitter account, where he comments on currrent political events.^[1]