Eva Parks is the producer for both NBC 5 Investigates and NBC 5 Responds As the resident watchdog, she covers a variety of issues fighting for consumers in North Texas and beyond.
Eva is right at home at NBC 5. She grew up in Richardson and is proud to call North Texas home.
As part of NBC 5 Investigates Eva helped uncover mistreatment of wounded soldiers at the Army’s Warrior Transition Units, institute change in police policy, and exposed safety concerns and corruption inside Dallas County Schools.
Eva has been nationally recognized with multiple journalism awards including a 2017 Peabody Award, five Edward R. Murrow Awards, IRE Award Finalist, two national Society of Professional Journalist awards and a National Emmy.
When she’s not covering the news, Eva enjoys hot yoga and discovering hidden trails to hike across DFW with her family.
The Latest
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Dallas traffic deaths top 2023, so what's being done?
Dallas traffic deaths top 2023, NBC 5 Investigates has been looking into the city’s traffic data. On Friday, local and state leaders held a news conference to update plans to make the city’s deadliest street safer.
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Dallas traffic deaths top 2023, leaders push for change on deadliest street
With more than two weeks left on the calendar year, the traffic death toll in Dallas has already surpassed last year’s total. City leaders continue pushing for change.
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Fort Worth cold case families feel ‘forgotten' as small police unit juggles 1,000 cases
Families who have suffered from some of Fort Worth’s most heinous and mysterious unsolved crimes say a lack of staff in the Fort Worth Police Department’s Cold Case Unit has left Justice Shelved in their decades-long struggles for answers.
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Dallas sheriff's deputies write 65% fewer speeding tickets than 5 years ago, data shows
Data obtained by NBC 5 Investigates shows the number of speeding tickets given by Dallas County deputies is way down over the last five years. Where is the speed enforcement on busy freeways?
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How Carrollton police, Dallas DEA traced fentanyl pills from teen deaths to Mexico's Sinaloa cartel
After a string of fentanyl deaths and overdoses in teens, federal agents and police in Carrollton traced the pills from DFW suppliers to the doorstep of one of Mexico’s most infamous drug cartels.
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NBC 5 Investigates: Justice Shelved
New developments in the massive backlog of sexual assault evidence in Fort Worth. Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes acknowledged on Monday he was aware a year ago that 0hundreds of rape kits had missed state testing deadlines. Senior investigative reporter Scott Friedman asked that question in a frank and open discussion with the chief.
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Fort Worth police chief confirms even more rape kits missed testing deadlines
NBC 5 Investigates has learned sex assault evidence testing delays have affected even more victims than Fort Worth police first acknowledged.
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Fort Worth Police Chief updates progress in clearing rape kit backlog
Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes gave city council members an update on the efforts to clear the rape kit backlog highlighted by NBC 5 Investigates reporting.
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Fort Worth police race to clear hundreds of backlogged rape kits
Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes told NBC 5 that he wished he had done more to address the problems months ago, as he and others in the department began to learn more about the backlog.
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‘Completely unacceptable,' FWPD chief apologizes to rape victims for testing delays
The chief of police in Fort Worth, Texas vowed Tuesday that all options were on the table as his department works to clear a backlog of rape kits, brought to light by NBC 5 Investigates.
