MARTHA MACCALLUM: After 22 years, here’s why I’m grateful to call Fox home

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Twenty-two years ago, I made the best move of my career.My early years were spent at The Wall Street Journal and CNBC.But coming here changed my life in so many positive ways that I can’t imagine what any other path would have looked like.I am deeply grateful that I trusted the gut feeling that told me I belonged here.

On my first day, Jeff Hark, who was overseeing the scheduling of reporters and anchors, asked me about my family.Defensive at first, I insisted I could handle it and wouldn’t be bothering him with requests for time off, but then I realized he actually meant it.It was such a smart company perspective that it made me want to work even harder, knowing they would have my back.

The environment was still scrappy, and the growth was exponential.

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Every opportunity I leaned into opened a door.That first year, I asked to be part of the election team coveringthe November 2004 presidential race.I offered to stand on a street corner in Boston and report on how the DNC was affecting traffic.Kidding, but not kidding — I just wanted to be in the “room where it was happening”!

I soon found myself reporting from the floor ofthe Democratic conventionalongside correspondents Carl Cameron and Major Garrett, two of our most seasoned political reporters.I was exuberant and terrified.

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I have traveled the world, covered presidents and kings, and perhaps most rewarding of all, I have had the honor of walking the beaches of Normandy with our war heroes and sharing their stories, from Berlin, Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan.

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For Lachlan, Suzanne and Jay, and everyone else who feels like home.We are bonded by a love for our country.We are driven to hold it to the highest standard.To hold those who govern it accountable.And to pray for its continued success.

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