Alison Starling-Alexander (born October 28, 1973) is an American television news anchor and journalist. She is a co-anchor of

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's weekday 4 PM and 5PM newscasts, and an anchor semi-regularly on the noon newscast.

Early life

Starling is from Orlando, Florida. She is from a military family and spent part of her childhood in the

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metropolitan area while her father worked for the

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. She later returned to DC to be a congressional intern. Per a DNA test she and her husband took, she is of mostly

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and

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descent. Starling graduated from

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in 1995. She then earned a Cultural Ambassadorial Scholarship from Rotary International to study in

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for six months in 1995.

Career

Early career

Starling career began at

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in Chattanooga,

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, as a reporter and anchor. She then worked for three years at KIRO-TV in

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, where she covered the Seattle earthquake.

Current

Starling joined

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

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in 2001. In August 2011 they became engaged in

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. They married Saturday April 21, 2012, atop the

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in Washington, DC. In February 2013 she announced her pregnancy, and shared that she was having a girl. On December 11, 2014, the ''Washington Post'' noted that Starling was expecting the couple's second child. The couple is raising their children Jewish.

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

"The true meaning of Scottish walk"
by Alison Starling {{DEFAULTSORT:Starling, Alison American television journalists American women television journalists Living people Television anchors from Washington, D.C. University of Florida alumni 1973 births 21st-century American women