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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Over 1,000 volunteers to visit North Texas campuses for United Way's Reading Day
This Friday will be a special day for thousands of young minds across North Texas.
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Irving residents continue storm cleanup efforts after EF-1 tornado
NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen tells us about how Irving took a direct hit from an EF-1 tornado during Tuesday’s storms.
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Cause of storm damage still unclear after Tuesday's severe weather
NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen shows us some of the damage in Lewisville as North Texans wait to learn the exact cause of the destruction.
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Memorial in Irving honors lives lost to COVID-19 five years after pandemic
As the world marks five years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a special memorial in Irving is ensuring that those lost are remembered.
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Early morning storms leave trail of damage in North Texas
Storms that rolled through North Texas early Tuesday morning left a trail of damage. NCB 5’s Alanna Quillen reports from Irving. A roof was peeled off a building at Plano West High School and NBC 5’s Alicia Barrera talked to an eyewitness at a Lewisville warehouse that was heavily damaged.
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Irving sustains storm damage during Tuesday's severe storms
NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen tells us about the storm damage seen across Irving due to the severe storms and high winds that moved across North Texas on Tuesday.
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Fort Worth to begin water main construction
Fort Worth is set to begin construction on a big water project, and that could impact your morning commute. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen tells us more.
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Texas legislature to discuss THC ban Monday
The push to possibly ban THC products continues in Austin as lawmakers weigh in on Senate Bill 3. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen has the details.
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Texas Department of State Health Services releases new data about measles outbreak
Texas DSHS announced that 146 measles cases have been reported since late January. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen has the details.
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Keller ISD considers budget; split won't generate obvious budget savings
When Keller ISD’s board of trustees first brought up the idea of splitting the district in two, they talked up the serious financial constraints Keller ISD faced.
