Portia Bruner
From the legendary Nelson Mandela to giggling children on the playground, Portia Bruner loves talking to people whose stories leave an impression on viewers and make a difference in the lives of others.
Portia joined the FOX 5 Atlanta News team as a general assignment reporter in July 2003. She anchors FOX 5 News at Noon, then reports for FOX 5 News at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. She also fills in regularly as an anchor on Good Day Atlanta and the evening weekday newscasts. Portia has built a reputation for being a compassionate and dynamic storyteller who genuinely cares about the people whose life events she is covering. She specializes in breaking news, government affairs, consumer news and human interest stories and enjoys giving her viewers information they can use long after her stories air.
Portia also loves to share her money-saving shopping tips. Her "Bargains with Bruner" features spotlight the treasures she and FOX 5 Atlanta viewers find in thrift shops across metro Atlanta.
Before joining FOX 5 News, Portia was the consumer reporter for WTKR-TV in Norfolk, Virginia. Prior to her work in Virginia, she was a 5 p.m. co-anchor and a general assignment reporter for WAPT-TV in Jackson, Mississippi. She started her professional career as a researcher and producer in the Consumer News Unit of NBC4-TV in Washington, D.C. — just a few weeks after she graduated Magna Cum Laude from Howard University in 1995.
Portia was recently named a Top 10 Finalist in the 2019 “Best Self Atlanta Magazine Over 40 & Fabulous” Contest. She was selected for her commitment to community service and for her candid disclosure of her struggles with psychogenic stuttering and depression. She is a passionate advocate for self-care, professional therapy, meditation and prayer and often shares stress-management tips with FOX 5 viewers.
Portia has served as the Vice President of Broadcast for the Atlanta Association of Broadcast Journalists and enjoys mentoring girls, young women and aspiring journalists. While she has received several awards for her community service and storytelling, her most rewarding job title is “Mother.” She has two wise, witty and wonderful sons who are the muse for her popular "Morning Mommy Moments" posts on Facebook. Born in D.C. and raised in Denver, Colorado, Portia has proudly called South DeKalb County home since 2002.
The latest from Portia Bruner
Public safety consultant explains Buffalo mass shooting
Adults need to monitor how much young loved-ones are seeing and hearing about the recent mass shooting and hate crime in Buffalo, New York, a public safety consultant says.
Frustrated candidate learns he can't vote for himself, but other voters can
Demoine Kinney is a candidate for state representative in Rockdale County, even though his home is no longer in House District 92.
South Fulton ordinance mandates heat-related injury training coaches, water vessels in parks
Six years after a young football player died on a Fulton County field, the city announced a new measure to prevent future heat-related deaths in athletes.
Church spring festival comes with COVID cash incentive
Salem Bible Church was one of the first churches in DeKalb County to distribute free COVID-19 tests to the public.
Mayor says new Goodwill will offer more than good deals in southwest Atlanta
One of the best days to rack up on good deals a thrift store is the first day it opens and that was certainly the case Thursday when the doors opened at Goodwill's newest location on Metropolitan Parkway.
$10K reward for gunman who shot 11-year-old boy at DeKalb County skating rink
Demari Johnson is still in the fight of his life. The DeKalb County fifth grader was shot by a gunman who's been on the run since several shots were fired outside Golden Glide skating rink over the weekend.
Gunman who shot 11-year-old at skating rink may be a minor, police say
DeKalb County Police Chief Mirtha Ramos said the boy was shot in the head in the parking lot after a fight inside the skating rink.
Atlanta Police Department unit targets repeat offenders
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens told reporters Tuesday, 30% of the suspects arrested by the Atlanta Police Department every week are men and women who have already been convicted of at least three felonies--repeat offenders who keep cycling through Atlanta's criminal justice system.
Atlanta nurse successfully delivers baby in parking lot
Evelyn Davis is a public health nurse at the Adamsville Regional Health Center in southwest Atlanta, but she started her career in labor and delivery.
Spelman College closes campus after bomb threat
Spelman College in Atlanta suspended classes Tuesday morning and closed the campus while Atlanta police and other authorities investigated the latest bomb threat on a historically Black college and university's campus.