FOX News Media CEO Suzanne Scott and President & Executive Editor Jay Wallace honored the 2025 FOX News Media Spotlight Award winners on Thursday during an intimate luncheon.The FOX News Media Spotlight Awards are an annual tradition for the organization, and management received hundreds of nominations from staff members passionate about celebrating colleagues who earned special recognition.Winners were announced last year at a network-wide town hall, and they gathered at Avra in midtown Manhattan just blocks away from FOX News Media’s headquarters to celebrate alongside their families and colleagues.FOX News anchor Bill Hemmer, who hosted the event, welcomed guests before introducing Scott to the stage."In a couple of weeks, Fox News Channel will mark 30 years.
When we started, we didn’t have a system for recognizing extraordinary people, and there were many," Scott said."We were just figuring out how to not lose a satellite and keep a guest on the air from remote locations, forget about competing with MSNBC, which had just launched a few months prior, and CNN, which was the national leader in cable news at the time," Scott added."But a lot has changed since then."FOX NEWS CHANNEL TOPS NBC, ABC AND CBS IN KEY RATINGS MEASURABLE FOR SECOND STRAIGHT SUMMERFOX News Media CEO Suzanne Scott honored the 2025 FOX News Media Spotlight Award winners on Thursday/ (FOX News media)Scott noted that nowadays, Fox News Channel dominates cable news and regularly competes with and beats the broadcast networks."We’ve also come up with a way to celebrate our most extraordinary performers," Scott said.The Spotlight Awards launched in 2020, and prizes have since been handed out to staffers on dozens of teams.
The annual event gives FOX News media leaders a chance to show appreciation for individuals who show up every day and keep the company on top.Wallace then took the stage to hand out the first award, where he was joined by Executive Vice President Scott Wilder and "FOX ...