Hollie McKay


Hollie McKay is an Australian-American journalist for Fox News. She is a national bureau correspondent covering national and international news from Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Russia, Turkey, Syria, Pakistan, Yemen and Myanmar.

Early life and education

Hollie McKay was born 5 October 1985 in Mackay, Queensland. She attended The McDonald College in Sydney for secondary school.
In 2000, she published a novel entitled Sworn to Secrecy. McKay studied Communications at the University of Technology Sydney before moving to New York City in 2006 to complete her final semester at Pace University.

Career

After moving to New York, McKay began working as an intern at Fox News. She later moved to Los Angeles. She reported on entertainment news with an online column and a series of television segments. From 2007 to 2013, McKay wrote an entertainment column called "Pop Tarts" for the Fox News website, and appeared on Fox News television broadcasts in a series of segments called "Hollie on Hollywood".
McKay has reported on Clint Eastwood, Anthony Bourdain, and the Ferguson unrest of 2014.
Since 2014, McKay has reported as an investigative reporter and foreign correspondent for the Fox national bureau. She has reported from the battlefields in Iraq.
In 2017, McKay returned to New York City, where she became a member of Fox Digital Studio's "original news" staff.
McKay maintains a permanent press pass to the United Nations. She met with Pakistani Ambassador Khalid Mahmood on March 19, 2018 discussion counter-terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan. She has reported on issues related to the Kashmir conflict.
McKay reported from inside Syria in April 2018 during the missile attack by the United States on alleged chemical weapons facilities of the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.