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.
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Hood County Commissioners postpone discussion on multiple data center proposals Tuesday
After months of controversy, Hood County leaders did not take up data center projects again
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Data center debate continues in Hood County
A controversial data center project returns to the Hood County commissioner’s court this morning. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen tells us more.
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Dallas police set to discuss Flock cameras
Dallas police will make their case today for keeping the city’s Flock camera network. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen has the details.
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Deadly officer-involved shooting in Garland
A man armed with a machete was shot and killed by Garland police officers early Monday morning. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen has the latest.
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Man armed with machete killed in officer-involved shooting in Garland, police say
The subject is deceased, and no officers were injured, according to Garland Police.
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Labor Day weekend travel
Despite the higher prices, experts say many travelers are still planning end-of-summer vacations. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen has the details.
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DFW Airport expects 1.4 million travelers over Labor Day weekend despite rising airfares, gas prices
Despite the higher prices, experts say many travelers are still planning end-of-summer vacations.
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Dallas breaks ground on long-awaited police training center at UNT Dallas as leaders seek additional funding
The current academy still operates out of a warehouse the city leased as a temporary location in 1990
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Groundbreaking for new Dallas Police training center at UNT Dallas
The Dallas Police Department and UNT Dallas are breaking ground on a new academy to train DPD officers.
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Proposal to cut Flock camera funding rejected in Dallas
Dallas City Council is considering removing $1.5 million in funding as the city weighs the benefits and privacy risks of the technology. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen has the details.
