Minar started her career as the lead meteorologist at the FOX affiliated WFXG-TV in Augusta, GA in 2019 where she anchored the station’s four-hour morning newscasts. Jane Minar, who joined FOX Weather in August as an off-air meteorologist has been promoted to co-anchor working as the overnight/5 AM/ET host for the streaming platform. She graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism and Multimedia Production from Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD and holds a certificate of meteorology and weather forecasting from Pennsylvania State University. Lewis has held a variety of roles throughout her career, including as a producer with FOX affiliate WTTG-TV, in Washington, D.C., an assignment editor with the NBC affiliated station WBAL-TV in Baltimore, MD as well as a morning producer with WMDT-TV the ABC affiliate in Salisbury, MD. Most recently, she covered Hurricane Ida’s impact across New York City. Since 2019, she has served as a meteorologist for the New York City metropolitan area, working for News 12 The Bronx and News 12 Brooklyn. Meteorologist Kiyana Lewis is joining FOX Weather as a co-anchor beginning this December. He graduated with honors from Lyndon State College in Lyndonville, Vermont with a Bachelor’s degree in Meteorology with a Broadcast Concentration. He began his career in meteorology at the CBS affiliated station WCAX-TV in Burlington, VT. Prior to that he was a weekday meteorologist at the NBC affiliate WLEX-TV in Lexington, KY from 2012-2016. While in Tampa Bay, he was a recipient of the 43rd Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards for Surviving The Storm: Hurricane Hunters in 2019. He also served as the station’s space reporter covering the rocket launch of SpaceX Falcon Heavy in February 2018, among other events. During Hurricane Dorian, he flew with the NOAA Hurricane Hunters to provide an in-depth look at the 2019 storm. Most recently serving as the weekend evening and midweek daytime meteorologist for WFLA-TV, Oliver covered numerous severe weather systems during his four year tenure with the Tampa Bay NBC affiliate, including Hurricanes Irma (2017) and Matthew (2016). Ian Oliver joins FOX Weather as a co-anchor for the platform. She is also an active member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and an accredited Meteorologist. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, she holds a Master’s degree in Broadcast Journalism. Prior to that, she was a reporter at CBS affiliate, WCIA-TV in Champaign, IL reporting on a wide variety of stories ranging from the impeachment of former Governor Rod Blagojevich to severe weather events. From 2011–2012, Torres worked as a reporter and anchor at the NBC affiliate, KOB-TV in Albuquerque, NM where she covered several wildfires across the state. Previously, she served as the morning anchor at KOAA-TV, the NBC affiliate in Colorado Springs, CO where she also reported and produced web and social media content on a wide variety of topics. Since 2014, she has been forecasting early morning weather and traffic for WPIX, elevating to co-anchor of the PIX11 Morning News program. Joining FOX Weather from Nexstar’s WPIX-TV in New York, Marissa Torres will serve as a co-anchor on the new streaming platform. Combined, they bring more than two decades of experienced weather reporting and breaking news coverage to the platform’s already robust lineup of premier meteorologists.” In making the announcement, Berg said, “We’re thrilled to welcome Marissa, Ian, Kiyana, Jane and Brandy to the FOX Weather team. Marissa Torres, Ian Oliver, Kiyanna Lewis, and Jane Minar will helm programming across the platform, while Brandy Campbell will serve as a multimedia journalist. NEW YORK-( BUSINESS WIRE)-FOX Weather, FOX News Media’s AVOD streaming service launching on October 25 th, has named four additional meteorologists and a multimedia journalist to its on-air team, announced Sharri Berg, president of the platform.
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