NewsNation Names Allison Harrison Washington Correspondent

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Comes to cable net from Dallas TV

Allison Harris
Allison Harris (Image credit: Nexstar)

Nexstar's cable news channel NewsNation--formerly WGN America--has named Allison Harris to be a correspondent in its Washington, D.C., bureau, focusing on news coming out of the White House.

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Harris joins the network from KDFW-TV Dallas-Fort Worth, where she had been a reporter. Her resume also includes reporting stints at KOTV Tulsa anbd KXII-TV Sherman, Texas

Harris joins current NewsNation D.C. correspondent Joe Khalil and will report weeknights for the channel from 6 p.n. to 10 p.m.

“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,” said NewsNation Washington Bureau chief Mike Viqueira of his new hire. 

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.