Griff Jenkins
{{Short description|American television personality}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2009}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Griff Jenkins
| image = Griff Jenkins (2010).jpg
| caption = Jenkins in 2010
| birth_name = William Griffin Jenkins
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|December 15, 1970}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, US
| alma_mater = University of Mississippi (BA)
| occupation = Broadcast journalist
}}
William Griffin Jenkins{{cite news | url = http://www.memphismagazine.com/November-2009/Q-A-Griff-Jenkins/ | title = Q & A: Griff Jenkins | work = Memphis Magazine | first = Michael | last = Finger | date = November 2009}} (born December 15, 1970) is an American television and radio personality, reporter, and producer for Fox News Channel.{{Cite news |last=Kurtz |first=Howard |title=Media Woo the Appalachian Tale |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/15/AR2009071503674.html?hpid=artsliving |access-date=September 7, 2010 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=July 16, 2009}}{{Cite news |title=FOX News' Griff Jenkins Banned From ACORN Bash (transcript) |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/fox-news-griff-jenkins-banned-from-acorn-bash |access-date=September 7, 2010 |newspaper=Fox News |date=June 19, 2009}}{{Cite news |title=Fox News Feels Wrath Of DNC Protesters |url=http://www.ketv.com/r/17310347/detail.html |access-date=September 7, 2010 |newspaper=KETV |date=August 27, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306060245/http://www.ketv.com/r/17310347/detail.html |archive-date=March 6, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
Education
Jenkins graduated from the Memphis University School in 1989.{{cite news | url = http://www.musowls.org/documents/mustoday/2007/March07.pdf | title = A Front-Row Seat to History | work = MUS Today | date = March 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140725131435/http://www.musowls.org/documents/mustoday/2007/March07.pdf | archive-date = July 25, 2014 | df = mdy-all }} He earned a B.A. degree in English from the University of Mississippi in 1993.{{cite web | url = http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/griff-jenkins/bio/ | title = Griff Jenkins bio | publisher = FoxNews.com | access-date = July 17, 2014}}
Career
After college, Jenkins was an intern for Republican Congressman Don Sundquist. In 1993, Jenkins began working at Salem Radio Network where he served as an associate producer for Oliver North's War Stories and produced the syndicated radio program Common Sense Radio with Oliver North.
He currently works out of Washington, DC, for Fox News Channel, having joined the network as a radio producer in 2003. Jenkins worked as a producer for the Tony Snow Radio Program until Snow accepted the role of White House Press Secretary in 2006. He occasionally co-hosts Fox & Friends Weekend and was a frequent guest on Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld, a late night news program.
Personal life
Jenkins and his wife Kathleen reside in Washington, D.C. with their two daughters, Madeline and Mackenzie.
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