Arthel Neville Biography

Arthel Neville, American journalist and television personality, is a weekend anchor for Fox News Channel, along with co-anchor Eric Shawn. She received the Moody College of Communication’s DeWitt Carter Reddick Journalism Award in 2017, as her first African-American female honoree.

Early life and education of Arthel Neville

Arthel Neville was born on October 20, 1962 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her father is Art Neville, who is the founder of the New Orleans musical groups The Meters, as well as The Neville Brothers. He has American nationality.

Arthel attended St. Mary’s Dominican High School in New Orleans. After graduating, she decided to travel to New York to pursue acting and modeling as a career. Later, Ella Arthel was seen in a few commercials before landing a recurring role on the soap opera Days of Our Lives.

He then returned to his family in New Orleans. He joined the pre-pharmacy at Xavier University. However, he transferred to journalism at Southern Methodist University. At the University of Texas at Austin, Arthel earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism.

Arthel Neville’s career

Neville continued her career as a general assignment reporter at KVUE-TV, while still at the University of Texas Austin School of Journalism. She is notable for being the first African-American female reporter to air on KVUE-TV.

He went on to cover various social issues. Arthel got her first job after graduating from New Orleans as a reporter/anchor for WWL. Arthel returned to Texas in 1988 and became a reporter for Houston’s KHOU-TV. She, again, returned to New Orleans as an anchor/reporter for WVUE.

Arthel became the host of Extreme Close-Up in 1991. During three years with the show, Arthel charted more than 200 interviews with Hollywood stars including Will Smith, Tom Cruise and Sharon Stone, thus becoming the first black woman in entertainment. country’s high profile. reporter. She also sporadically hosted her exclusive show Talk Soup.

In 1994 she became the first African-American woman to host a national syndicate entertainment newsmagazine show. In 1997, she began hosting The Arthel & Fred Show. At Fox Files, Fox Network’s syndicated newsmagazine, and on Fox News Channel, she worked as an anchor, correspondent and host for Celebrity Spotlight, as well as a weekly contributor to The O’Reilly Factor.

He joined CNN in 2002 and began hosting TalkBack Live with Arthel Neville. This made her the first African-American woman to host her own show on the news network.

Neville is noted to have co-hosted Fox’s Good Day Live. She also became the main anchor of Fox 5 Morning News. Arthel returned to Fox News Channel in June 2010 as a news anchor on America’s Newsroom, America’s News Headquarters and Happening Now and also as a contributor on The O’Reilly Factor and Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld.

On top of that, she became a fill-in host on America Live with Megyn Kelly. She currently works as a weekend anchor on Fox News Channel with America’s News Headquarters Saturday and Sunday newscasts.

Neville received Moody College of Communication’s DeWitt Carter Reddick Journalism Award in 2017, as its first female African-American honoree.

She was the keynote speaker at the commencement ceremony at her alma mater, The University of Texas Moody College of Communication at Austin on May 18, 2018.

Arthel Neville Net Worth and Salary

Arthel Neville’s net worth is around $1 million today. She has earned a decent amount of salary through her career.

Arthel Neville’s personal life

Arthel married Derrick Lassic on April 22, 1995. But they soon separated, divorcing in 1998. She married Taku Hirano, a Japanese percussionist and recording artist, in 2001. They live happily together. The couple have no children.

Arthel is currently 52 years old and works as a weekend anchor at the Fox News Channel headquarters of America’s News. He has received the Texas Exes’ Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award.