Jennifer Hale award news and sports journalist. She works for Fox Sports as a sideline reporter for the NFL on Fox and as an NBA courtside reporter. ^[1]

Hale received a Bachelor's degree in political science from Louisiana State University, where she captained the school’s cheerleading program. She completed her undergraduate studies at LSU’s Honors College, and was named LSU’s Homecoming Queen and Miss LSU.

She later earned a Master's degree from Medill School of Journalism.

She began her journalism career as a political and investigative reporter/anchor after earning a master’s degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and attending the Fund for American Studies s’ Institute on Political Journalism at Georgetown University.

In 2009, the RIAS Commission chose her as a fellow to travel to Germany and study US-German relations, as well as the evolution of former East German cities since the fall of communism.

After completing the RIAS Fellowship, Hale proceeded to anchor a four-hour morning show for WVUE-TV, covering a wide variety of topics from politics and sports, to the city’s culinary and musical scene.

She published her first book, "Historic Plantations of Alabama's Black Belt" in 2009.

She hails from New Orleans, Louisiana.