Enter the “G Block” and go “Around the World in 80 Seconds” with Shepard Smith, whose fast-paced and jam-packed anchoring is a glimpse into the future of television news. His highly relatable reporting has been a trademark on FOX News Channel (FNC) since he joined the network at its inception in 1996.

Currently he anchors FNC’s signature evening newscast, "FOX Report," which ranks in the top five programs in cable news and has been No. 1 in the 7 p.m. timeslot for more than 60 consecutive months.

Reporting nearly 70 stories in an hour, The Washington Post has compared Smith as a news NASCAR driver, “racing through the news at breakneck speed.” He also hosts an afternoon fast-paced news/interview program, "Studio B with Shepard Smith." Both programs are geared towards utilizing Smith’s pull-no-punches attitude to cover the stories of the day.

Most recently, he provided live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East from the Israel-Lebanon border. Recognized as America’s second most trusted news anchor in a TV Guide poll, he has covered virtually every major news story over the course of his career, including the funeral of Pope John Paul II; Operation Iraqi Freedom; the Columbia Shuttle disaster; the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the subsequent war in Afghanistan; the Columbine school shootings and President Clinton’s impeachment trial. He provided extensive coverage of Hurricane Katrina from the French Quarter and reported on recovery efforts from Mississippi, including during the one year anniversary of the storm. He also served as a witness to the execution of Timothy McVeigh in June of 2001.

Smith began his stint at FNC as a New York-based general assignment reporter and was later promoted to senior correspondent where he reported on numerous breaking news stories, including the Jonesboro, Arkansas, and Paducah, Kentucky, school shootings; the 1997 standoff between the United Nations and Iraq; Princess Diana’s funeral; the murder of Gianni Versace, and the O.J. Simpson civil trial.

Before joining FNC, Smith was a Los Angeles-based FOX News Edge correspondent where he covered a wide range of stories for the FOX affiliate news service, including the crash of TWA Flight 800, the Montana Freemen Standoff, the 1996 presidential campaign, and the Oklahoma City bombing. Prior to his stint at FOX News Edge, Smith served as a news reporter for the Twentieth Television syndicated program "A Current Affair."

Beginning his career as a reporter for WJHG (NBC) in Panama City, he went on to report for WBBH (NBC) in Fort Myers and WCPX (CBS) in Orlando. Smith’s last stop in Florida was at WSVN (FOX) in Miami before he headed to Los Angeles to join FOX News Edge. He attended the University of Mississippi and is a native of Holly Springs, Mississippi.