Mommy Track'd
interviewed Fox anchor Alexis Glick about her secrets for managing working motherhood,
what it is like to work in a male dominated field and what she thinks
of the rumor that her former colleague Katie Couric will be leaving the
evening news. Her answers are refreshingly
candid. How nice to learn that even the most powerful of anchors enjoy
the simple pleasures of chocolate and US Weekly.
Alexis Glick is an anchor and Vice President of Business News for FOX Business Network, a new network launched in October 2007 offering business news that impacts both Main Street and Wall Street. She anchors two morning shows on the FOX Business Network: ‘Money for Breakfast’ and ‘Opening Bell.’ In addition to her anchoring responsibilities, Alexis serves as the Vice President of Business News for the network. Prior to joining FOX, Alexis was a correspondent for NBC’s ‘Today Show’ where she co-anchored the third hour of the program. She began her career as an analyst at Goldman Sachs in the Equities Division. Alexis is a graduate of Columbia University, where she now serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the College Alumni Association. Oh, and she is also the mother of three.
I have three boys: Logan Sky, who is six; Kyle Grey, who is four,
and Slate Hudson who is one.
How many hours a week do you work?
I get in around 4am and finish my shows at 10am. I have
management meetings or administrative work related to the show or the
network, and I usually leave by early afternoon. But my blackberry is
never off –the news business is a 24-hour job.
What are the best and worst parts of your job?
The best part is the people I meet and the things I learn. I read
a couple hundred pages of research every morning to prepare myself for
my two shows. I have met some very fascinating people.
The worst part of my job is the exceptionally early hours. I don't
get to see my kids before they go to school and I have to go to bed
shortly after they do, around 8pm or 9pm.
Did your mother work? What did she do?
Yes, my mom worked my entire life and still does. She only had a
4 week maternity leave when she had me. She worked on Wall Street and
was an assistant to many top executives over the years, including Sandy
Weill, Peter Cohen and Bruce Ratner. She is currently an office manager
and event planner at Forest City Ratner Enterprises.
You were seven months pregnant when you first began appearing on
television. What was it like starting your first TV job while pregnant?
It was wild! I had no training, no knowledge of cameras,
television language or prompters. It was exhilarating, scary and
memorable.
Before that, you were an executive director at Morgan Stanley. What was it like working in the male-dominated world of Wall Street?
It was fantastic. All my life I was a jock, and working on Wall Street was about being one of the guys. We traded hundreds of millions of dollars and made decisions in seconds.
In fact, everyone who knows me knows that I'm a man in a woman's body. I'm addicted to sports and have played many over the years. My idea of an ideal weekend is watching every NFL game, MLB playoffs and a Saturday Pay-Per-View fight.
To find out what Alexis thinks of the Katie Couric rumors, click here.
