Katie Frates Age, Bio Wikipedia, Married Husband, Biography (Fox News)

Name Katie Frates

Wiki Bio / Profile Background

Introduction :

Katie Frates is the managing editor at Olympic Media and a former editor at The Daily Caller.
In 2017, Katie received a lot of media eyeballs for a controversial tweet about “running over” protestors of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Three years later, in June 2020, she apologized for this tweet, terming it “grossly inappropriate” and “snarky.”

In the past, Frates has worked closely with Christopher Bedford, former Editor in Chief at The Daily Caller. Chris, who is now Katie’s husband, serves as the vice-chairman for Young Americans for Freedom, a group for conservative students. After leaving The Daily Caller, he now serves as the Senior Editor at The Federalist.

Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :

She now lives in Washington, D.C.
In January 2018, her boyfriend Christian Bedford proposed to her with a golden ring with two square diamonds.
The couple got married in October 2018 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington DC.

Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info

After high school in 2010, Katie attended Hillsdale College, a liberal arts university in Hillsdale, Michigan, to pursue an undergraduate degree in Finance with a minor in Economics. She graduated in 2014.
While at college, Katie participated in many organizations and clubs. She was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma PanHellenic sorority, and as a sophomore, Katie was the sorority’s social chair. She was also in the cheerleading club.

Frates gave back to the community by taking part in on-campus fundraisers such as Relay for Life annually and a Swamp Stomp for Reading Is Fundamental, Inc..
During her college years, Katie spent her summer months of 2012 as a sales associate at Macy’s in Redmond, Washington state.

TV Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :

Katie’s first big job out of college was at The Daily Caller, a politically conservative news website based in Washington, D.C. She worked there for around 5 years.
Her first position at The Daily Caller was as an intern for four months in the summer of 2014.
She then got promoted to an Associate Editor position, holding this title from August 2014 to March 2017.

In March 2017, she was promoted again to an editor & this is the title she now holds at the company.
In March 2017, Katie became the managing editor of Olympic Media, a consulting, marketing and technology company in Washington, D.C.
Throughout her career, Katie has been featured on many news channels, including Fox News & One America News Network. She usually discusses subjects revolving around society and politics.

Interesting Facts and Trivia :

In response to protestors of the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, Katie tweeted on March 10, 2017, about running over protestors before getting arrested. This tweet was soon deleted, but it brought attention to Katie, followed by an immediate backlash.
Many people called for her to be fired from her job at The Daily Caller, saying that she is inciting hate crimes. The Daily Caller never responded to the fiasco.

Katie addressed the tweet in an article published by The Daily Caller but didn’t apologize for it immediately. Back then, she referred to the tweet as ‘imprudent’ and defended herself by saying that “tweets aren’t violence.” She instead drew attention to violent threats and racist comments she received after posting the tweet. However, three years later, in June 2020, Katie publicly apologized for the same.
Katie Frates Height is 5′4″ & she is a redhead.