[2] On June 24, 2010, she announced on-air her retirement from her daytime news anchor position at the end of her usual Happening Now segment, citing a desire to spend more time with her family.

[4] Skinner began her career as a reporter for KBJR in Duluth, Minnesota,[5] before working for WCSH in Portland, Maine.

She co-executive produced NFL Films's A Lifetime of Sundays, a documentary about four female NFL owners: Norma Hunt of the Kansas City Chiefs, Virginia Halas McCaskey of the Chicago Bears, Martha Ford of the Detroit Lions and Patricia Rooney of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

[14][15] She also co-produced the "Earnin' It: The NFL's Forward Progress" podcast[16] and co-executive produced Peacock's five-part TV series about influential women in football with the same title.

[17] Her father is Sam Skinner, former Secretary of Transportation and White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W.