Sammon joined Fox News in 2008, serving as managing editor and senior vice president of news in D.C. He duties included overseeing the network’s decision desk, and made the call of Arizona for Joe Biden in 2020. That led to a viewer backlash and eventually Sammon’s departure from the network.

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST), today announced the appointment of Bill Sammon as Senior Vice President of Washington, D.C., Editorial Content for The Hill, the nation’s leading source of digital political news and analysis,

Bill Sammon, a veteran of Washington D.C. media outlets and a former longtime senior editorial executive at Fox News Channel, has been named a senior vice president at Nexstar Media, where he will oversee news coverage of the nation's capital for both The Hill and NewsNation,

A newly created position has been filled in the Washington, D.C., offices of Nexstar Media Group, and it seeks an individual gaining responsibilities for the company’s national news content, generated for The Hill and MVPD-distributed NewsNation.

Nexstar has tapped Bill Sammon to a top news leadership role, where he will oversee D.C. editorial content for The Hill and NewsNation. The former Fox News veteran will serve as senior vice president of Washington,