Alison Starling

Alison Starling-Alexander is an American television news anchor and journalist. She is a co-anchor of WJLA-TV's weekday 4 PM and 5PM newscasts.

Early life[]

Starling is from Orlando, Florida.^[1] She is from a military family and spent part of her childhood in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area while her father worked for the Office of the United States Trade Representative. She later returned to DC to be a congressional intern.^[2] Per a DNA test she and her husband took, she is of mostly British and Irish descent.^[3] Starling graduated from University of Florida in 1995. She then earned a Cultural Ambassadorial Scholarship from Rotary International to study in Tours, France for six months in 1995.^[4]

Career[]

Early career[]

Starling career began at WDEF-TV in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as a reporter and anchor. She then worked for three years ^[5] at KIRO-TV in Seattle, Washington, where she covered the Seattle earthquake.

Current[]

Starling joined WJLA-TV in August 2003. One year later, she became co-anchor of Good Morning Washington (5-7AM) and ABC7 News at Noon. In 2005, Washingtonian named her one of the area's rising stars in local television news.

She was previously the co-anchor of the early morning program Good Morning Washington.

Personal[]

Starling met NBC News correspondent Peter Alexander in 2001.^[6] In August 2011 they became engaged in France.^[7] They married Saturday April 21, 2012, atop the Newseum in Washington, DC.^[8]

In February 2013 she announced her pregnancy,^[9] and shared that she was having a girl.^[10]

On December 11, 2014, the Washington Post noted that Starling was expecting the couple's second child.^[11] The couple is raising their children Jewish.^[12]

References[]

External links[]

• Alison Starling's bio on WJLA's website
• "Third time's the charm for Alison Starling," Alexandria Times July 2006 article
• Alison Starling speaks at valor awards^{[permanent dead link]}
• "The true meaning of Scottish walk"^{[permanent dead link]} by Alison Starling