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Fox News Announces Major Promotion For Top Reporter
Less than a year after witnessing the deadly aftermath of the Hamas attacks in southern Israel, 30-year-old journalist Trey Yingst has been promoted to chief foreign correspondent. The announcement came from Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott on Tuesday, marking a significant career milestone for Yingst, who reported the harrowing events for Fox News last October.
Scott praised Trey Yingst in a staff memo while announcing his recent promotion, highlighting his critical role in the network’s global coverage. “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 said according to The Hill. “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.”
Born in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Yingst’s passion for journalism sparked at a young age. He co-founded News2Share while attending American University, which became a platform for frontline, citizen journalism, the power of raw, unfiltered news.
Trey Yingst reports as clashes erupt between Palestinians and the Israeli military
His professional career took a significant leap when he joined Fox News as a foreign correspondent in 2018. He quickly made a name for himself by reporting from the heart of conflict zones and areas impacted by significant political turmoil. His assignments have taken him across the Middle East, including Israel, where he covered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and to Ukraine, where he reported on the Russian invasion.
Yingst’s new book will also offer a gripping firsthand account of the catastrophic Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel. He began writing “Black Saturday: An Unfiltered Account of the October 7th Attack on Israel and the War in Gaza” amidst the chaos following the severe attack by Hamas. During this period, he was simultaneously reporting live for Fox News, delivering updates from southern Israel and Gaza.
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Yingst believes his book offers a unique perspective as it was written on the ground by a journalist who was deeply embedded in the unfolding events, “living this story” as it happened. “‘Black Saturday’ is the gold standard in storytelling when it comes to what took place on October 7 in southern Israel and the war that followed,” Yingst told Fox News. The book releases on Oct. 1.
“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.”
“‘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,” Yingst continued.
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