Meet Kate DePetro, Fox News’ Social-Media Ambassador to Younger Viewers

Aficionados of Fox News may not know Kate DePetro as well as they do mainstays like Harris Faulkner, Sean Hannity or Bret Baier. Give them some time. Fox News Media has hired DePetro, a former production assistant, for a new role that may prove to be extremely important to the cable-news mainstay as it seeks […] Meet Kate DePetro, Fox News' Social-Media Ambassador to Younger Viewers Aficionados of Fox News may not know Kate DePetro as well as they do mainstays like Harris Faulkner, Sean Hannity or Bret Baier. Give them some time. Fox News Media has hired DePetro, a former production assistant, for a new role that may prove to be extremely important to the cable-news mainstay as it seeks broader audiences beyond its traditional TV connections.

DePetro will serve as a sort of in-house creator, developing original content and programming aimed at offering a behind-the-scenes look at the goings-on at Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, Fox Nation, and other properties that are part of the Fox Corp. unit. DePetro will appear primarily on Fox News Now, a social-media platform that launched in June to help forge connections between viewers and Fox News shows and figures. “I’ll have the opportunity to create original