Emily Compagno
{{short description|American television host (born 1979)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|11|9}}
| birth_place = Oakland, California, U.S.
| education = University of Washington (BA)
University of San Francisco School of Law (JD)
| occupation = Television reporter, legal analyst
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| employer = Fox Corporation
| party = Republican{{Cite news |date=January 16, 2025 |title=Fox News Highlights Jan. 16, 2025 (at 23m 48s) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5W9uadzi_A |access-date=March 21, 2025 |work=YouTube}}
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Emily Rose Compagno (born November 9, 1979) is an American television host who co-hosts the daytime news and talk show Outnumbered on Fox News.{{Cite news |date=October 12, 2022 |title=Emily Compagno |url=https://www.foxnews.com/person/c/emily-compagno |access-date=October 12, 2022 |newspaper=Fox News |language=en-US}} She frequently appears on the late-night show Gutfeld! and hosts The FOX True Crime Podcast with Emily Compagno on Fox News Radio.{{Cite web |title=The FOX True Crime Podcast with Emily Compagno |url=https://radio.foxnews.com/podcast/the-fox-true-crime-podcast-with-emily-compagno/ |access-date=April 4, 2023 |website=FOX News Radio |language=en-US}}
Early life and education
Compagno was born in Oak Knoll Naval Hospital, Oakland, California, where her father was director of a blood bank.{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/memorial-day-military-family-ultimate-sacrifice-emily-compagno|title=Emily Compagno: On Memorial Day I remember my military family and all who have paid the ultimate sacrifice|first=Emily|last=Compagno|date=May 24, 2020|website=Fox News}} She was raised in El Cerrito, California with her two sisters, Natalie and Julietta,{{cite web|url=https://www.tuko.co.ke/facts-lifehacks/celebrity-biographies/499661-all-emily-compagnos-sisters-natalie-julietta/|title=All about Emily Compagno's sisters, Natalie and Julietta|date=March 26, 2023|website=tuko.co.ke}}{{Cite news|first=Edward |last=Guthmann |title=Emily Compagno |newspaper=Fox News|date=April 6, 2009 |url=https://www.foxnews.com/person/c/emily-compagno |quote=Compagno, 29, grew up in El Cerrito...}} by her parents Katherine (née Bertsch, of English, Bohemian, and German descent){{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/416695861|title=Familien aus Fischbach, Schaaf and Kraft families : Swabians from Baden to Dayton|publisher=WorldCat}} and John Compagno, of Italian descent from Sicily.{{Cite web |title=Josephine Bileci Compagno Obituary (2007) Monterey Herald |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/montereyherald/name/josephine-compagno-obituary?id=24945248 |access-date=October 12, 2022 |website=Legacy.com}}{{Cite news|title= Josephine Bileci Compagno September 3, 1909 – April 21, 2007|newspaper=The Monterey Herald|date=April 28, 2007 |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/montereyherald/obituary.aspx?n=josephine-bileci-compagno&pid=87686587 }}
She graduated with a B.A. in political science from the University of Washington where she was awarded the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps' Cadet of the Quarter Award but did not complete ROTC training.{{Cite news|first=Edward |last=Guthmann |title= What I Do – Emily Compagno, attorney, Raiderette |newspaper=SFGate|date=April 6, 2009 |url=https://www.sfgate.com/raiders/article/WHAT-I-DO-Emily-Compagno-attorney-Raiderette-3165599.php }} She graduated with a J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 2006, where she was president of the Federalist Society and articles editor of the Intellectual Property Bulletin.{{Cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Ted |date=January 25, 2021 |title=Emily Compagno Named Co-Host Of Fox News' 'Outnumbered' |url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/emily-compango-named-co-host-of-fox-news-outnumbered-1234679843/ |access-date=October 12, 2022 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}
= Family =
Compagno's father served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps, and two uncles served in the U.S. Army. Her second cousin and his wife served as U.S. Navy Aviators .{{Cite web |title=United Valor |url=https://www.weareunitedvalor.com/ |access-date=October 12, 2022 |website=United Valor |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=National Veterans Memorial and Museum |url=https://nationalvmm.org/ |access-date=October 12, 2022 |website=National Veterans Memorial and Museum |language=en-US}}
Her great-grandfather and many other relatives served in World War I{{Cite web|title= William Harry Bertsch |website=The Wall of Valor Project|url= https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/90277 |access-date=November 27, 2019}} and in 1930, Compagno's great-great-grandmother Rosa visited the graves of her children overseas as part of the Gold Star Mothers Pilgrimage.{{Cite web |date=March 23, 2015 |title=Women and World War I Commemoration: The Gold Star Mothers and Widows Pilgrimages, 1930–33 {{!}} American Battle Monuments Commission |url=https://www.abmc.gov/news-events/news/women-and-world-war-i-commemoration-gold-star-mothers-and-widows-pilgrimages-1930 |access-date=October 12, 2022 |website=www.abmc.gov |language=en}}
Career
After passing the California bar,{{Cite web |title=Emily Rose Compagno # 244539 – Attorney Licensee Search |url=https://apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/Licensee/Detail/244539 |access-date=October 12, 2022 |website=apps.calbar.ca.gov}} she worked as a criminal defense attorney in San Francisco while also serving as captain of the Oakland Raiders cheerleading squad, the Raiderettes. The NFL selected her as an ambassador and she promoted the NFL brand in Beijing and Shanghai, and was one of five NFL cheerleaders selected by the USO to visit U.S. troops stationed in Iraq and Kuwait.
Compagno was a Senior Judge Judicial Extern for John T. Noonan at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and went on to work as a federal attorney at the Social Security Administration. She passed the Washington bar{{Cite web |title=Legal Profile |url=https://www.mywsba.org/PersonifyEbusiness/Default.aspx?TabID=1538&Usr_ID=000000047732 |access-date=October 12, 2022 |website=www.mywsba.org}} and has held legal positions in Cape Town, South Africa, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
In 2018, Compagno accepted a position at Fox News as a contributor and legal analyst. She served as a semi-regular co-host of the weekday talk show The Five and appears on other FNC programs, such as Gutfeld!, offering opinions or legal analysis on the news of the day. On March 9, 2020, Crimes That Changed America, a show on Fox Nation hosted by Compagno, debuted its first season.🖉{{Cite web|url=https://nation.foxnews.com/crimes-that-changed-america/ |title=Fox Nation|website=Fox Nation}}
Compagno was named a co-host of Outnumbered in January 2021, where she joined Harris Faulkner and Kayleigh McEnany.{{cite news |title=FOX News Channel Names Emily Compagno Co-Host of Outnumbered |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210125005531/en/FOX-News-Channel-Names-Emily-Compagno-Co-Host-of-Outnumbered |work=Business Wire |date=January 25, 2021}}{{Cite news |last=Ellefson |first=Lindsey |date=January 25, 2021 |title=Emily Compagno Named Co-Host of Fox News' 'Outnumbered' |url=https://www.thewrap.com/emily-compagno-fox-news-outnumbered/ |access-date=October 12, 2022 |newspaper=The Wrap |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |date=January 25, 2021 |title=FOX News Channel Names Emily Compagno Co-Host of Outnumbered |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210125005531/en/FOX-News-Channel-Names-Emily-Compagno-Co-Host-of-Outnumbered |access-date=October 12, 2022 |newspaper=businesswire.com |language=en}} In February 2023, Fox News announced that Compagno would host The FOX True Crime Podcast on Fox News Radio.{{Cite web |title=Media Relations {{!}} Fox News |url=https://press.foxnews.com/2023/02/fox-news-audio-to-expand-true-crime-content |access-date=April 4, 2023 |language=en}}
Personal life
Compagno lives in New York City. She is active with nonprofits dedicated to U.S. veterans, law enforcement, and K9 causes.{{Cite web|url=https://k9storm.com/blog/fox-news-reporter-emily-compagno-interviews-k9storm|title=Fox News Reporter Emily Compagno Interviews K9 Storm|website=K9 Storm Inc.}}
Compagno is a Roman Catholic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/compagno-white-house-psaki-scotus-protests-homes|title=Emily Compagno: 'Preposterous' for Psaki not to condemn protesting at justices' homes|date=2022-05-06|access-date=March 11, 2025|website=Fox News}}
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External links
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- [https://x.com/EmilyCompagno Emily Compagno] on X
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Category:American television reporters and correspondents
Category:American people of German descent
Category:California Republicans
Category:University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences alumni
Category:American women television journalists
Category:University of San Francisco School of Law alumni
Category:People from El Cerrito, California
Category:Lawyers from San Francisco
Category:21st-century American women