Elizabeth Alex is an American former news anchor who was the lead anchor for

KSHB-TV KSHB-TV (channel 41) is a television station in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Lawrence, Kansas-licensed independent station KMCI-TV (channel 38). Both stations shar ...

("41 Action News") in

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until 2013.

Biography

Alex is a native of the Kansas City area, growing up in Overland Park and graduating from Shawnee Mission West. Alex attended the

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and worked in Fayetteville and

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, The Quad Cities and

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before settling back in her hometown. Alex has earned many journalism awards during the course of her career. They include awards for all around reporting, feature, investigative and 4 regional

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. Her honors include work on a six-month project into pollution at a former oil refinery in Sugar Creek. Alex has been named "Best Newscaster" by ''Pitch Weekly'' magazine and ''The Johnson County Squire''. She has also been honored by the National Kidney Foundation and received a Humanitarian Award from Medical Missions Foundation. Alex spends much of her time involved with humanitarian causes around the world. She is on the board of directors for Medical Missions Foundation-a group that delivers free medical care to developing countries, Smile Again USA-an organization that helps provide reconstructive surgery to Pakistani women attacked with battery acid, and she personally sponsors and advocates for the health of a little girl from The Gaza Strip with serious medical needs. Alex is also an enthusiastic supporter of Operation Breakthrough Center for children in Kansas City, Heart to Heart, International aid organization and she organizes a food drive to benefit St. Therese Little Flower Food Pantry. Alex has covered the war in Afghanistan, the

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in Sri Lanka, and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Alex also shares a close bond with cancer patients and their families following the loss of her late husband, Brian to esophageal cancer. She has reported on, and often speaks about esophageal cancer, the fastest growing cancer in the United States. Alex and her family live in Kansas City. Alex left 41 Action News on February 27, 2013.

Education

Alex graduated from the

and began her career at KZZB radio in

and assumed responsibilities as anchor, reporter, and producer for Fort Smith's NBC affiliate KPOM-TV. She went on to anchor the nightly newscasts at

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in the

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and anchored the evening newscasts at

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before joining KSHB-TV.

Awards

Alex has earned several journalism awards including 4 regional Emmy's for Best Newscast, and a number of projects including a six-month investigation into pollution at a former refinery in

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. Alex has been named "Best Newscaster" by ''

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'' magazine.

Humanitarian work

Alex is involved in several volunteer and humanitarian causes including helping a girl from Gaza get needed medical care; becoming the local spokesperson for the

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.; and partnering with

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to raise awareness of

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References

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