Hugh Hewitt Hired by Fox News as a Contributor

The conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt is joining Fox News.

Fox says that Hewitt is joining the company as a contributor, and will provide analysis across all platforms. He will make his Fox News debut in his new role this afternoon on Bret Baier’s Special Report.

Hewitt, a former columnist for The Washington Post, currently hosts The Hugh Hewitt Show for Salem Media Networks. He is no stranger to Fox, having frequently appeared as a guest.

In fact, he has been a staple of conservative and mainstream outlets for decades, as co-host of the weeknight television news and public affairs show Life & Times on PBS Los Angeles affiliate KCET-TV, and in the pages of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times, among other outlets.

Hewitt is also the author of 14 books, including two New York Times bestsellers. He worked in the Nixon and Reagan administrations before moving to the private sector.

Hewitt has been a supporter of President Donald Trump’s agenda, though he has also been willing to criticize policy approaches that he disagrees with.