Heather Nauert

Prior to joining ABC News, Ms. Nauert reported for Fox News Channel as a New York-based correspondent. Most recently she reported for the program Big Story with John Gibson” covering breaking news on a daily basis. Ms. Nauert produced a three-part series on the election, new military, and reconstruction in Iraq and a five-part series on the Sudan. She also covered the 2004 presidential election, January 2005 blizzard, and the growing number of Islamic groups in the Netherlands. As a correspondent for Fox News Channel from 2001-2003, Ms. Nauert reported on the aftermath of events on September 11, 2001, the 2003 black out, and the Rhode Island nightclub fire. In 1996 Ms. Nauert was a reporter for the syndicated business program First Business, a weekly newscast airing in 110 markets nationwide. Ms. Nauert served as director of legislative and external affairs for Pioneer Financial Services, a mid-sized life and health insurance company in Washington, DC from 1995-1997. In 1997 she founded Pioneer Strategies, a government affairs and policy firm specializing in health care and Social Security. Ms. Nauert graduated from Mt. Vernon College in Washington, DC with a bachelors degree in communications and received her masters degree in journalism from Columbia University in 2001.