Alex Whittler
Emmy award-winning journalist Alex Whittler, anchors FOX 5’s weekday noon newscasts and annually co-hosts the station’s Black History Month special. She's as dedicated to hard news as she is to finding and writing uplifting, distinctive feature stories.
Since starting in Atlanta, Alex has covered some of the metro area’s biggest stories. Alex was FOX 5's first anchor on the air for the station's wall-to-wall coverage of the Midtown Atlanta medical office shootings in May 2023. For hours, she anchored, messaged sources and relayed critical information to viewers. Alex was on the front lines during 2020’s fiery police brutality protests. She was the first journalist in the market to give a timeline of the reported home break-ins leading up to Ahmaud Arbery’s murder and Alex was "live" the moment arsonists set fire to the Wendy’s where police shot and killed Rayshard Brooks. She also covered Georgia’s role in the 2020 presidential election. Alex knows the responsibility that comes with being on "the big, breaking situation," but she’s especially passionate about telling underrepresented people’s stories.
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has acknowledged Alex’s work with seven Emmy nominations and four Emmy Awards. Her in-depth report on indigenous people’s land retention efforts on coastal Georgia’s Sapelo Island earned a Southeast Emmy for "diversity, equity and inclusion." That same chapter awarded her an Emmy for "outstanding news writing."
Before Atlanta, Alex was an anchor and reporter at the number one station in Richmond, Virginia. There, she received two Capital Emmy Awards and covered several breaking news events including the Virginia Beach mass shooting, near record-breaking snowfall, and historic, deadly tornadoes from Hurricane Florence. Born in Chicago and raised in Albuquerque, Alex started her journalism career in the Windy City. She’s worked in all but one television newsroom there including WLS, WMAQ, WGN and WBBM. Alex also had stints interning in New York, for the TODAY Show and Cosmopolitan magazine.
Alex holds a master’s from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism where she was her class graduation speaker. She graduated magna cum laude and in the top 4% of her class with a Bachelor of Journalism from Loyola University Chicago where she minored in political science and dance. Alex loves to help set students up for success. She often volunteers for community events, and emcees debutant balls, scholarship luncheons and other school functions. If you have a story idea, or need a speaker for an event, shoot Alex an email or direct message on social media!
The latest from Alex Whittler
VEX Robotics World Championship in reach of Ola High School's Team Gremlin
In just a few weeks, several McDonough school district students will vie for a world championship title – not for a basketball or baseball tournament, but a battle of the minds.
Scoring big for prom: Atlanta Hawks' charity initiative provides free formal attire for teens
More than a dozen girls are marveling at their new free prom dresses.
Heride: Empowering women through rideshares in Atlanta, Athens
A woman named Jillian Anderson created a rideshare app for women in an effort to make them feel safer.
WWII veteran pilot celebrates 100th birthday by flying a P-51 Mustang once again
For his 100th birthday, World War II veteran Paul Crawford flew a P-51 Mustang.
Mother gives daughter life twice, advocates for biliary atresia
A mother-daughter duo brings awareness to biliary atresia through their nonprofit organization "B. A. Hero."
March Summits aim to change Mays High's reputation, student outlook
An event at Benjamin E. Mays High School on Thursday aimed to show students that violence does not have to have a place in their future.
Atlanta Public Schools students receive free eye care
Ophthalmologists and Atlanta Public Schools leaders say the free glasses and vision screenings could clear up more than just eyesight.
Metro Atlanta's female farming community is growing
Though, in the US, farming is a male-dominated field, there are organizations that aim to bring more people with limited resources--especially rural minority women-- into the fold.
Beloved family pet pig perishes in Splendor Oaks farm fire
A Canton family is grateful no one was hurt during a random fire at their barn that set them back hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Will the SAT, ACT requirement become a thing of the past for Georgia college students?
There could be changes to admission requirements for Georgia's public colleges and universities.