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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COVID Five Years Later: Preparing for the next big health emergency
Local experts are looking back at the COVID-19 pandemic five years later. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen has the story.
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State health department to give update on growing measles cases
Texas health officials are expected to provide an update on the measles outbreak on Friday. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen has the details.
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United Way volunteers stepping into 1,000 classrooms in DFW
Friday’s event is part of the nonprofit’s goal to boost third-grade reading proficiency, a key milestone in a child’s education.
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Tarrant County health officials continue to monitor measles outbreak
Tarrant County health officials say there is a chance the county could see its own case. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen has the details.
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Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD closing 4 schools
It’s official: Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD will be closing some schools. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen tells us about the impact it will have on students and teachers.
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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.
