Alanna Quillen joined NBC 5 in October 2019 as a morning reporter for NBC 5 Today.
She is a North Texas native who was born and raised in Mesquite.
Before returning home, she made several stops across the South, most recently at WPTV in West Palm Beach, Florida as a reporter and fill-in anchor. While there, she reported on the tragic school shooting in Parkland, covered President Donald Trump at the Winter White House, and filed field reports throughout Hurricane Irma. She also reported on the ground in the Bahamas as a relief volunteer following Hurricane Dorian.
Her on-air career began in Midland, Texas as a weekend anchor and reporter. She also spent nearly five years in Louisiana working in Monroe and Shreveport as an evening anchor and reporter.
She's a proud graduate of Mesquite High School (Go Skeeters!) and the University of Texas at Arlington, where she studied broadcast journalism and worked on the school newspaper, The Shorthorn. While there, she studied abroad in France and also held internships in the metroplex including D Magazine and NBC 5. During her internship at NBC 5, she wrote feature stories for NBCDFW.com and shadowed the same reporters in the field whom she works alongside today.
Alanna has spent hundreds of volunteer hours working at animal shelters and soup kitchens for the last several years, most recently as an education docent at a sea turtle hospital in Juno Beach, Florida.
She is thrilled to be living just minutes away from her family and hometown friends. Outside of the newsroom, you'll find Alanna spending time with her animals, playing the ukulele, or getting lost in an antique mall.
The Latest
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Sentencing in North Dallas tainted IV bags case to take place Wednesday
The sentencing for a former Dallas anesthesiologist found guilty earlier this year of tampering with IV bags is scheduled to take place on Wednesday. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen has the details.
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Organization fighting food insecurity in Dallas needs 250 turkeys by Friday
A nonprofit in Dallas that is addressing food insecurity is in need of a few extra birds to make Thanksgiving brighter for families.
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NTX organization fighting food insecurity needs 250 turkeys by Friday
Empowering the Masses community market is asking for donations for Saturday’s distribution, which will be the biggest yet ahead of Thanksgiving. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen tells us more.
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UT Arlington biologist discovers new species of gecko
Team definitively identifies tiny lizard first spotted in Venezuela in 2002.
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New report highlights impacts gentrification is having on Dallas housing affordability
A new study by a local nonprofit is warning that housing affordability in Dallas could shrink even more in the next eight years if the city doesn’t do something about it.
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How gentrification is impacting Dallas housing affordability
A new report is warning that housing affordability in Dallas could shrink even more in the next eight years if the city doesn’t do something about it. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen has the details.
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Over 1,000 families receive 60 pounds of holiday groceries at United Way event
The United Way of Metropolitan Dallas hosted one of its largest events of the holiday season, assisting more than 3,000 people at its first-ever Food & Health Resources Fair.
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Carroll ISD to consider school marshal program to arm some Southlake school employees
A new security program in Southlake Carroll ISD could allow some school employees to carry guns next school year.
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Carroll ISD considers school marshal program
The new security program in Southlake Carroll ISD could allow some school employees to carry guns next school year. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen has the details.
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Dallas police department graduates receive their badges in ceremony Friday
The Dallas Police Department graduated its latest batch of new recruits on Friday morning.
