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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YMCA of Metro Dallas hosting free swim assessments this Saturday
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Ngon Vietnamese Kitchen serves more than food in Dallas, it honors a mother's legacy
Tucked away along Lower Greenville’s bustling restaurant row is a small kitchen with a big story — and even bigger heart. Ngon Vietnamese Kitchen, which opened in 2020 and is known for its deeply flavorful Northern Vietnamese dishes, was among just seven restaurants in Dallas-Fort Worth to receive a Bib Gourmand in the Michelin Guide’s first-ever Texas edition, released in…
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‘Uvalde Strong Act' addresses school safety
Saturday marks three years since nineteen students and two teachers were killed and 18 people were injured in one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen has the story.
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Dallas chef honors her Vietnamese heritage through food
Ngon Vietnamese Kitchen was among just seven restaurants in Dallas-Fort Worth to receive a Bib Gourmand in the Michelin Guide’s first-ever Texas edition, released in 2024.
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Suspect killed, woman injured in shooting involving Plano police
A man is dead and a woman is hospitalized after a shooting involving Plano police on Wednesday night. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen tells us more.
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Suspect killed in shooting involving Plano police
One man is dead and a woman is hospitalized after a shooting involving Plano police, officials said. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen has the details.
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Plano police ID armed suspect shot and killed by an officer responding to a shooting call
A disturbance call in a Plano neighborhood ended in a shootout with police Wednesday night, leaving one man dead and a woman hospitalized.
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Dallas officials announce plans to make city safer
Dallas officials announced the new “Safe in the City” initiative on Wednesday. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen has the details.
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Dallas leaders unveil sweeping downtown public safety strategy
On Wednesday, Dallas city leaders are announcing a bold new initiative designed to make Downtown Dallas safer and more welcoming — a plan they say is already showing results.
