FOX News Chief Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst Honored

FNC's Trey Yingst

Last night, FOX News Chief Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst was honored with the Prize of Excellence at the Foreign Press Awards.

Organized by the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents in the USA (AFPC-USA), the annual event took place at the National Press Club and brought together top foreign correspondents to honor their courage, dedication, and excellence in demonstrating the essential role of journalism in safeguarding democracy.

AFPC-USA board member and award-winning international business journalist Sissel McCarthy introduced Yingst, highlighting “his courageous frontline reporting and exceptional commitment to documenting major global conflicts in real time.” In bestowing the honor, she further extolled “Yingst’s journalism is marked by immediacy, accuracy, and deep respect for the human dimensions of conflict. His ability to deliver rapid, reliable information from volatile and dangerous environments reflects both professionalism and personal courage. Trey Yingst’s work upholds the core mission of foreign correspondence: to bear witness, document truth under threat, and bring international crises into public view with clarity and accountability.”

In accepting the award, Yingst thanked the Murdoch family along with the FOX News Media executive team, including CEO Suzanne Scott, president and executive editor Jay Wallace, sr. vice president of news coverage Greg Headen, sr. executive vice president and managing editor Tom Lowell along with FOX Nation president Lauren Petterson, sr. executive vice president corporate communications Irena Briganti, executive vice president news programming Kim Rosenberg and foreign desk manager Thomas Ferraro who were all in attendance. He also took time out to thank his father, Gerald Yingst, who “believed in me when everyone else told me this wasn’t possible. When I was 19 years old with a camera I bought on Amazon, a YouTube page that no one watched and a press pass that I printed at the campus library, you supported my dream.”

Yingst also dedicated his time to “acknowledging the fearless and tenacious Palestinian journalists in Gaza who do not have the luxuries we are afforded to simply leave when the story becomes too dangerous. May we not forget their sacrifice and contributions to our industry.” He further commented, “Let me also reiterate the position that international journalists must be given independent access to Gaza to report,” concluding with his mission to “continue to speak loudly and fairly, even when it is unpopular to do so. We must hold governments and militaries accountable for their actions. And we must continue to be a voice for the voiceless.”

Additional attendees and presenters included, Chairwoman Nancy Prager-Kamel, Allison Bromley from the Knight Foundation and Thanos Dimadis, executive director of the AFPC-USA.