Amy Freeze is the Chief Meteorologist at FOX Chicago News.
She is one of a few women in the world with a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist accreditation from the American Meteorological Society. Freeze has Seals of Approval from both the AMS and the National Weather Association. Freeze has a Master Degree from University of Pennsylvania in Environmental Science.
Her educational background includes a B.A. in Communications from Brigham Young University, with an emphasis on Broadcast Journalism. She has a B.S. in Geosciences from Mississippi State University, with an emphasis in Severe Weather and Forecasting. She also has a Certificate of Broadcast Meteorology from MSU. Freeze also studied foreign politics abroad in both South Africa and Germany.
Her schooling began at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. After a year of general studies at WSU, Freeze took a cheerleading scholarship at Brigham Young University. It was at BYU on the nightly "KBYU Report," Freeze learned to shoot, edit, write, and package stories. It was also the scene of her first "weather wall" report where she actually disappeared from the green screen during the weathercast! After graduation from BYU, she spent time in Los Angeles, CA at KTLA working with both the "KTLA Morning News" and Marta Waller's live coverage of the O.J. Simpson trial.
She is a three-time Emmy winner for Best Weathercaster, Outstanding Host and the weather special "Surviving Severe Weather." Beyond forecasting, Freeze has covered movies and entertainment, reported on the Olympic Games in Salt Lake and Atlanta, and was the first female sideline reporter for Major League Soccer. She currently has the assignment of reporting on-field weather conditions for the Chicago Bears and was featured on Monday Night Football for her "freezing" report of the coldest kickoff ever at Soldier Field in 2008.
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