RTÉ’s Jackie Fox: ‘I was working on Morning Ireland and thinking, now’s the time to send out a signal in the newsroom that I’m serious about this’
From intern to Washington correspondent, Galway’s Jackie Fox saw her lifelong career goal realised when she landed her dream job last month. Here, she talks about moving her young family to the US, wanting to understand the mindset of Trump supporters and keeping calm when things hot up in the White House
RTÉ's Jackie Fox on landing her dream job as the station's Washington CorrespondentThese days, American politics is a highly charged and dramatic landscape – and nowhere more so than in the White House press room, which can, on occasion, feel like part reality show, part bear pit. Rarely a day goes by where a press room moment doesn’t go viral, for any number of reasons. And, as RTÉ’s new Washington correspondent, Galwegian Jackie Fox cannot wait to immerse herself in the belly of the beast.When we meet for tea in Dublin’s Morrison Hotel, Fox is three weeks out from moving her young family to Washington DC for the four-year term of the role. Schools and the lease on a new home are both now arranged, and Fox has been speaking to those who have gone there in the role before her – among them, Brian O’Donovan and Caitriona Perry – about what to expect from the city.
