Recently, 30-year-old Trey Yingst, one of the top reporters at Fox News, was promoted to chief foreign correspondent. Notably, Yingst has been known for his coverage of monumental events over the past couple of years, such as the violent attacks Hamas waged against Israel in October 2023. Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott announced the major promotion for Yingst.
According to a recent press release from Fox News Media, “Trey Yingst has been promoted to chief foreign correspondent, announced FOX News Media CEO Suzanne Scott. In this position, Yingst will continue to provide coverage of international issues and events from locations around the globe. Additionally, Yingst was tapped as FOX News Books’ newest author, penning their 12th title “Black Saturday,” a gripping, firsthand account of the October 7, 2023 terrorist attack in Israel and now ongoing war that it started in Gaza.”
According to a comment from Yingst, “I’m honored by the incredible opportunities that FOX News has afforded me throughout my journalism career. Our team arrived in southern Israel on the morning of October 7th as the massacre was unfolding and ‘Black Saturday’ plunges the reader into that day while exposing the realities of war told by Israelis and Palestinians. I plan to continue reporting on critical breaking news developments around the world and covering the human experience firsthand. I’m passionate about the work we do and look forward to many more years of traveling and reporting around the world.”
“During major breaking news in every corner of the world, Trey has been the eyes and ears on the ground for our viewers since 2018,” Scott continued in the statement. “Trey’s indefatigable work ethic and dedication in multiple war zones has made him an incredible asset to Fox News and we are extremely proud of his first-class journalism.”
Yingst originally joined Fox News in 2018 as a foreign correspondent, who quickly became known for covering some of the most pressing global conflicts around the world. The reporter has been on the ground in combat zones, such as the war between Russia and Ukraine and the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict. Yingst recently published a new book titled, “Black Saturday: An Unfiltered Account of the October 7th Attack on Israel and the War in Gaza.”
“A massacre against the civilian population of Israel unfolded in the early hours of October 7, when Hamas militants crossed the border from the Gaza Strip into the communities that line Gaza in southern Israel, and it killed soldiers and civilians alike and dragged more than 240 hostages back into Gaza,” he said. “‘Black Saturday’ talks about our experience, the Fox News team in Jerusalem responding to that attack.”
Further describing the contents of his book, Yingst said, “‘Black Saturday’ tells that story, and then the stories of the soldiers and the police officers and the civilians in southern Israel who were trying to make sense of what was unfolding, and then take the fight back to Hamas inside Gaza, along with the stories of Palestinian civilians who were directly affected by this conflict and continue to be affected today.”
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