Browne has a Bachelor's degree in Communications from Fordham University in New York City. Browne was editor of Fordham's literary magazine Alternative Motifs. While at Fordham, Browne worked for Newsweek Magazine part-time for four years, and was an intern for Joan Lunden's syndicated weekly television show on parenting called "Mother’s Day". She co-hosted a popular Irish music program on Fordham's far-reaching radio stationWFUV-FM. She was also news anchor and News Director of that 50,000-watt station. Browne earned a Masters Degree in Communication Arts from the New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury, New York. She attended on a full scholarship that involved teaching news-writing and production skills to undergraduates. She was a general assignment reporter for NYIT's award-winning news program LI News Tonight, which airs nightly on Long Islandcable.
Career
Browne's professional broadcast career began in radio, at WLIM-AM on Long Island, NY, where she was morning-drive news anchor/writer. Browne's first television job was nightly anchor and News Director of WLIG TV 55, seen in New York City and on Long Island. Browne gained network affiliate experience as a full-time anchor/reporter at WSJV- TV in South Bend, Indiana — the region's ABC network affiliate at the time, now a Fox affiliate. Browne headed the station's Michigan Bureau. Browne joined News 12 Long Island, Long Island's 24-hourcable news television channel covering Nassau and Suffolk. She worked as a general assignment reporter, and spent several years out in the field, covering major stories next to New York City reporters. Browne received praise for her live coverage from the scene of the Long Island Rail Road shooting committed by Colin Ferguson, and for her unscripted anchoring of the crash of TWA Flight 800. Browne went live from Manhattan covering the investigation after the World Trade Center bombing in 1993. She reported from Washington, D.C. covering national issues affecting Long Island, Browne also reported from Albany, New York covering state politics, and from the United Nations during international crises. She co-anchored the station's highest-rated show, its 3-hour morning news program. She also hosted 'Reporter Roundtable', News 12's weekly half-hour news talk show. Browne spent some mornings as host on WBAB, a popular Long Island FM rock music radio station. She was their substitute news anchor for a brief period, opposite DJ Bob Buchman. Fox, Browne was an anchor for MSNBC, hosting a 2-hour weekend show, Weekend Morning Line. During her years at MSNBC, she covered un-scripted breaking news and conducted live interviews. Browne served as a substitute news anchor on CNBC. Browne started at Fox News Channel in August 2000, where she hosted the headline update during several Fox News shows and substitute-anchored various shows. Browne was a regular guest-panelist on late night talk showRed Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld. In addition, Browne was one of the rotating co-hosts of the Fox early-morning show Fox and Friends First which directly preceded Fox and Friends. She left the network in February 2018.
