Some career trajectories are the sort that announce themselves early. Like the one eventually chosen by Katie Pavlich, who at age 6 wrote a letter to then-president Bill Clinton about the unfairness of a federal income tax hike.
That early interest in government policy was shaped at home—her family read newspapers, attended city council meetings, and ran a car wash—and it eventually followed Pavlich into a journalism career that’s spanned Townhall.com,Fox News Channel,and now NewsNation,where she’s the latter’s newest primetime host.
Her 10 PM show Katie Pavlich Tonight launches on monday, followed by a major interview coming the very next day with president Trump—his second sit-down with the network. Ahead of her show’s debut, Pavlich gave Forbes a preview of what viewers can expect from each episode: Coverage of the major news of the day, as well as analysis and discussion of everything from free speech to foreign policy, all driven by her mantra of “facts first, opinion second.”
About the fast-growing NewsNation itself, Pavlich told Forbes: “NewsNation approached me with this amazing chance to be based in Washington, D.C., to do a primetime show Monday through Friday. To really focus on what’s happening here and also to bring perspectives from outside the Beltway, to make sure that