Allison Harris, a former reporter for FOX 4 KDFW in Dallas - Fort Worth, has joined the national cable news show NewsNation.
The native Texan is now the NewsNation DC Correspondent reporting on the White House, Supreme Court and Capitol Hill.
“Allison is a fantastic reporter with great instincts, and I’m looking forward to having her join the team as we build a news bureau based on sound journalism and fearless reporting,” NewsNation Washington Bureau Chief Mike Viqueira said in a Nexstar Media Group press release. “She’ll help us ramp up our efforts to provide viewers with the fact-based information they need to understand what is going on in the U.S. capital during an especially important time in our nation’s history.”
Harris left the FOX owned Dallas station in November of 2020 for Washington DC.
So why did Harris leave Texas TV and move to our nation's capital?
Well, part of the answer comes from an Instagram post by NBC and MSNBC reporter Garrett Haake who posted in November, "So glad [Allison]’s finally joining me in DC."
Turns out Haake and Harris are a couple. Haake is based out of Washington.
And Houstonians might be interested to know that Haake is a graduate of Klein High School in Houston and SMU.
Harris joined channel 4 Dallas in 2016.
Prior to KDFW, Harris worked for KOTV 6 Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her reporting there was honored with a a regional Edward R. Murrow award and an Emmy nomination. While at KOTV, she went live for CBS Evening News.
The McKinney, Texas native started her television news career at KXII Sherman.
While earning her degree in journalism from the University of Oklahoma, Harris was named the top collegiate news anchor in the country by the Broadcast Education Association. She also studied journalism in London and Paris at CNN International, Sky News, BBC and The Guardian.
Loyal readers of my blog will know that KHOU 11 reporter Janel Forte joined NewsNation in the last month.
KVUE 24 Austin chief meteorologist Albert Ramon left Texas last summer to start NewsNation.
