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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What to do if you have issues at a polling location
Having issues at the polls? NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen explains your rights as a voter and what you can do if you’re having problems.
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Election Day 2024: Dos and don'ts for Texas voters at the polls
As you head to the polls on election day, here are some things to keep in mind. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen has the details.
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Election anxiety: How to manage stress during pivotal week at the polls
The anxiety among Americans is building as we enter the final stretch of the 2024 presidential election, according to a recent survey.
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How to deal with election anxiety going into election day 2024
Here’s how you can manage election anxiety ahead of the Nov. 5 election day. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen has the details.
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Investigation continues into deadly mutli-vehicle crash in Richardson
Richardson police are still investigating the deadly crash involving multiple vehicles that shutdown Central Expressway for hours Friday morning. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen reports.
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Deadly crash shuts down Central Expressway in Richardson
Multiple people were killed in a crash involving multiple vehicles on Central Expressway in Richardson. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen reports the southbound lanes of U.S. 75 will remain closed for several hours.
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Fatal crash shuts down southbound Central Expressway in Richardson
There are multiple fatalities after a crash involving multiple vehicles on southbound U.S. 75 in Richardson. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen reports from the scene where the highway is shut down and NBC 5’s Samantha Davies talks about the impact on traffic.
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Wylie home brings back extravagant Halloween display year after year
Every year for the last seven years, Adela and Darrell Jacobsen have created an incredible Halloween display for the kids and neighbors in Wylie, hosting trick-or-treaters from near and far.
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Texas order requiring hospitals to ask for citizenship status goes into effect Friday
Starting Nov. 1, Texas hospitals are ordered to ask patients for their citizenship status. Immigration advocates are sounding the alarm as hospital systems work to understand and prepare for enforcing the new requirement.
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What's scarier than spooky costumes? The amount of sugar we eat on Halloween
Whether you’re trick or treating or the one handing out the candy – most of us are probably going to indulge in some sweet treats on Halloween night.
