Adam Housley

Adam Housley (b. circa August 13, 1972 [http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2006/06/30/sports/local/doc44a4971d8c9b9314662562.txt] ) joined Fox News Channel (FNC) in 2001 as a Los Angeles-based correspondent. Most recently, Housley was seen in Nicaragua and El Salvador reporting on the war against drugs and scoring an exclusive interview with Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega.

During his tenure, Housley was seen in and around Thailand providing extensive on-site coverage in the wake of the Southeast Asia tsunami. He was also FNC's lead reporter for Arnold Schwarzenegger's 2003 campaign and has covered six hurricanes, including Katrina and Rita and filed more than 25 stories from Mexico and the southern border.

Internationally Housley has reported during Operation Iraqi Freedom from Kuwait, Iraq, Bahrain and the Persian Gulf and has spent time covering the war on terror from Pakistan and in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In December 2005, Housley was one of a few reporters selected to witness the execution of murderer Stanley 'Tookie' Williams at San Quentin.

Prior to joining FNC, Housley served as a reporter at KTXL-TV (FOX) in Sacramento, California from 1999-2001, where he received an array of awards including the 2001 Regional Associated Press Reporting Award and a Regional Emmy Award. In addition, he was the lead reporter for KFTY-TV, an independent station in Santa Rosa, California, from 1998-2000. Before that, Housley was a live reporter for KCPM-TV (NBC) in Chico, California from 1997-98, where he won a California Department of Forestry Award for capturing a wanted acre arsonist.

Housley began his career as a reporter for KVON-KVYN radio in Napa, California, where he developed and produced newscasts. Prior to his career in television, Housley played professional baseball and was drafted by the Montreal Expos and played for both the Milwaukee Brewers and the Detroit Tigers minor league organizations. A graduate of Pepperdine University, Housley received Bachelor degrees in both political science and telecommunications and was a 2005 media fellow at the Hoover Institution. Adam was a Junior Olympic All American in 1988.

Barron Incident

On June 1, 2007 while reporting on location at gathering protesting the shut down of RCTV in Venezuela on Your World With Neil Cavuto he blew up at New York City Councilman (and former Black Panther) Charles Barron, a Hugo Chavez supporter, at one point calling him a "son of a bitch" over accusations that Housley was exaggerating the level of opposition to Chavez.

[ [http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/fncs_housley_calls_guest_son_of_a_bitch_60170.asp mediabistro.com: TVNewser ] ] BARRON: That was a real democratic sampling of the Venezuelan population. He's down there with one little group--

CAVUTO: Well count those people. You're a smart guy, can you count those people?

BARRON: Count the people, yeah, right--

CAVUTO: I see more than two or three!

HOUSLEY: I just came from the chavista rally! Tell him I just came from the chavista rally! You tell that son of a bitch I just came from the chavista rally!

BARRON: ...Talk to some of the millions that support Hugo Chavez!

HOUSLEY: I have, I just came from there. I just came from there.

BARRON: What kind of journalism is that, when you talk to one--?

HOUSLEY: I just came from there. I just came from there.

Personal life

He is currently dating "Sister, Sister" actress Tamera Mowry.

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