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'{{Infobox person | name = Anna Kooiman | image = <!-- just the name, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing [[brackets]] --> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1984|02|07}}<ref>[http://www.lazygirls.info/Anna_Kooiman Anna Kooiman]</ref> | birth_place = [[Charlotte, North Carolina]] | residence = [[New York, New York]] | nationality = United States | education = [[University of North Carolina at Wilmington]] (2005) | alma_mater = | occupation = Reporter | years_active = 2004-Present | employer = [[Fox News Channel]] | salary = | net_worth = <!-- Net worth should be supported with a citation from a reliable source --> | height = {{height|m=1.75}} | weight = <!-- {{convert|weight in kg|kg|lb}} --> | television = | title = | religion = <!-- Religion should be supported with a citation from a reliable source --> | denomination = <!-- Denomination should be supported with a citation from a reliable source --> | criminal_charge = <!-- Criminality parameters should be supported with citations from reliable sources --> | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | spouse = | partner = <!-- unmarried life partner; use ''Name (1950–present)'' --> | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = | website = [http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/anna-kooiman/bio/#s=h-l Anna Kooiman bio at Fox News.com] | footnotes = | box_width = }} '''Anna Kooiman''' serves as a general assignment news reporter for [[Fox News Channel]] (FNC) based in New York City. Kooiman joined the network in 2011 and is host on FNC's "[[FOX & Friends]] weekend."<ref name="FoxBio">[http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/anna-kooiman/bio/#s=h-l#ixzz2Q3fVSxDr Biography at Fox News Channel]</ref> ==Biography== ===Early years=== Another typical, stupid, poorly educated, dumb-ass FOX blond, Kooiman grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, where her parents still live and own businesses – Southeast Oasis Pool and the Peppermint Forest Christmas Shop. Of Dutch ancestry, she went to [[Myers Park High School]] (2001 Graduate), where she played softball, and also played with the SouthPark Youth Association.<ref>[http://www.thecharlotteweekly.com/news/2012/03/%E2%80%98rising%E2%80%99-fox-star-lands-dream-gig/ ‘Rising’ Fox star lands dream gig]</ref> ===Professional career=== Began as a sideline reporter for Fox Sports during college at UNC Wilmington in 2004. After graduation, was a Reporter/Anchor/Video Journalist for [[WWAY]] in Wilmington, NC in 2005. Moved to [[WNWO]], Toledo, Ohio in January 2007 as an Morning Anchor/Reporter.<ref name="FoxBio"/> In May 2008 moved to [[WCCB]], Charlotte, North Carolina as an Anchor/Reporter/Host for "Fox News Rising," a four-hour news and entertainment morning show. While at WCCB-TV, she reported on local news stories, entertainment, weather, and traffic.<ref name="FoxBio"/> In December 2011, she moved to Fox News Channel in New York City.<ref>[http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/wccb-morning-anchor-anna-kooiman-joining-fox-news-as-a-fitness-reporter_b30417 WCCB Morning Anchor Anna Kooiman Joining Fox News as a Fitness Reporter]</ref> During a [[Fox & Friends]] segment, she falsely claimed President Obama of offering "to pay out of his own pocket for the museum of Muslim culture." No such museum exists, she apparently had lifted the claim from a satire website.<ref>http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/10/05/fox-falls-for-fake-story-about-obama-personally/196304</ref> ==Personal== ==Awards== ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [https://www.facebook.com/AnnaKooimanTV Facebook page] *[http://nationalreport.net/obama-uses-money-open-muslim-museum-amid-government-shutdown/ Spoof page that Kooiman cited as true], from NationalReport.net, a satirical news website. {{Fox News Personalities}} {{Persondata | NAME = Kooiman, Anna | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = American television news reporter | DATE OF BIRTH = | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kooiman, Anna}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American television reporters and correspondents]] [[Category:American television news anchors]] [[Category:Fox News Channel people]] [[Category:People from Charlotte, North Carolina]] [[Category:University of North Carolina at Wilmington alumni]] [[Category:1984 births]]'