Phil-Keating
Phil Keating | Biography

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  • Full Name Phil Keating
  • Occupation Journalist, Correspondent
  • Nationality American
  • Birthplace USA
  • Birth Date Apr 11, 1968
  • Age 56 Years, 6 Months
  • Net Worth Undisclosed
Miami-based Correspondent for Fox News Channel

Phil Keating | Biography

Appeared on shows like 'Shepard Smith Reporting,' 'Fox and Friends First,' 'Cavuto Live,' & 'Fox News Live'

Keating joined Fox News Channel at age 35 in March 2004. Keating has covered several high-profile cases, including the case of a six-year-old child beauty pageant contestant JonBenet Ramsey, who was found deceased in the family's basement's Boulder, Colorado home on 26 December 1996. In addition, he covered the case of a 21-year-old University of Wyoming gay student Mattew Shepard, who was brutally beaten because of his sexual orientation, tied to a prairie fence in Wyoming, and left to die in 1998.


Phil Keating is an American journalist who presently serves as a Miami-based correspondent for Fox News Channel.

Who is Phil Keating?

Phil Keating is a Fox News correspondent born on 11 April 1968 in the United States to his parents, David William Keating and Donna Jean Simmons. He is a University of Missouri-Columbia graduate with a bachelor of arts degree in journalism. 

Career

Keating began his journalism career in 1990, serving as a reporter and photographer at WMAZ-TV (CBS-13) in Macon, Georgia. After that, he served as a lead reporter for KHQ-TV (NBC-6) in Spokane, Washington State, WBNS-TV (CBS-10) in Columbus, Ohio, and KUSA-TV (NBC-9) in Denver, Colorado. He then began serving at Fox News Channel in 2004.

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Keating joined Fox News Channel at age 35 in March 2004. Since then, he has covered a vast spectrum of big stories and breaking news for the network. 

He covered several major hurricanes, including Hurricane Irene in 2011, Hurricane Isaac in 2012, Hurricane Irma in 2017, and Hurricane Michael in 2018. He also reported Tropical Storm Colin in 2016.

Phil Keating reporting for Fox News
Phil Keating reporting Tropical Storm Colin in 2016 as a Fox News correspondent. (Photo: @FoxNews/Twitter)

Keating also covered several high-profile cases, including the case of a six-year-old child beauty pageant contestant JonBenet Ramsey, who was found deceased in the family's basement's Boulder, Colorado home on 26 December 1996.

In addition, he covered the case of a 21-year-old University of Wyoming gay student Mattew Shepard, who was brutally beaten because of his sexual orientation, tied to a prairie fence in Wyoming, and left to die in 1998. Furthermore, he covered the 1999 Columbine High School massacre, the 2003 sexual assault case of NBA star Kobe Bryant, and the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting that killed 17 people. 

Keating's reporting on Fox News also included the reporting of the 2013 George Zimmerman murder trial from Sanford, Florida, following the fatal shooting of 17-year-old African-American high school student Trayvon Martin. He later reported the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting from Parkland, Florida. 

The television news personality also covered breaking news stories of the death of a model, actress, and television personality Anna Nicole Smith, two-year-old Caylee Anthony, and the trial of criminal Jose Padilla. In addition, he provided the breaking election news from Florida during Fox News Channel's Democracy 2020 election coverage.

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More recently, Keating reported the death of 22-year-old Gabby Petito and subsequent investigation from Venice, Florida, in 2021. He also reported the impact of COVID-19 in the cruise industry in January 2022. He has also covered The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) news for Fox News, including the new Constellation program and NASA's Space Shuttle program.

As a correspondent for Fox News Channel, Keating has appeared on the network's various television shows, including Shepard Smith ReportingFox and Friends FirstCavuto LiveFox News LiveThe FiveFox News @ Night, and America Reports. He also reported for the syndicated news magazine show called Geraldo At Large.

He is currently serving as a correspondent in the Fox News Channel's Miami bureau. He previously served the network's Dallas bureau.

Is Phil Keating Married?

Keating has kept his entire personal life under wraps. He has a Twitter profile, where he has rarely tweeted. He also never disclosed publicly about having a wife. Thus, whether or not he is married is yet to be known. 

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