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Revision as of 17:10, 3 October 2025
American journalist
Meagan Fitzgerald is an American journalist and foreign correspondent at NBC News based in London. She was previously at NBC owned and operated station WRC in Washington D.C. before she was moved to Chicago as a correspondent for NBC News.[1]
Early life and education
After graduating high school, Fitzgerald attended Howard University and earned a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism. While there, she was a member of the Women’s Lacrosse Team and served as head coach at the University of San Diego.[2]
Career
She began her career as an anchor and reporter at KTVE and KARD in West Monroe, Louisiana. She then moved to KUSA in Denver, Colorado as a news reporter and fill in anchor until 2015.[3]
She joined NBC at one of their owned and operated stations WRC in Washington D.C. starting as a news reporter and worked her way to being promoted as the station’s weekend morning anchor.[4] While there, she was known for covering a wide range of news stories including the D.C. mansion murders, marijuana legalization, historic floods, the 2016 presidential election, and the First inauguration of Donald Trump.[5][6]
In 2020, she joined NBC News starting as a correspondent based in Chicago, Illinois.[7] She covered the Trial of Derek Chauvin, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Oxford High School shooting before she was moved to London in 2022, a position she still holds to this day.[8]
Awards and recognition
Fitzgerald received 2 regional Edward R. Murrow awards and 2 Emmy awards. She is a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, National Association of Black Journalists and the LGBTQ community.[9][10]
Personal life
She announced her engagement to her girlfriend Kelly Heath in 2019.[11]
References
- ^ “NBC Correspondent Meagan Fitzgerald”. TFIGlobal. May 7, 2022.
- ^ Bryant, Derek (June 11, 2020). ““Where Are They Now” featuring Meagan Fitzgerald”. Howard University Athletics. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
- ^ “Meagan Fitzgerald named CABJ Journalist of the Year”. 9News. March 3, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
- ^ Eck, Kevin. “On the Move”. Adweek. September 17, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
- ^ Yoder, Megan (January 19, 2017). “Everything you need to know about Inauguration Day”. NBC4 Washington.
- ^ “Mansion Murders: housekeeper says she still mourns family”. NBC4 Washington. November 3, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
- ^ Feder, Robert (August 24, 2020). “Meagan Fitzgerald joins NBC News Chicago bureau as correspondent”. Daily Herald presents Robert Feder.
- ^ “NBC News announces changes in correspondents”. Reel Chicago. March 26, 2022.
- ^ “2022 salute to excellence television nominees”. NABJ Awards. July 17, 2022.
- ^ Bollinger, Alex (June 4, 2019). “A news anchor came out on air & announced her engagement. Now her fans lover her even more”. LGBTQ Nation.
- ^ Aviles, Gwen (June 3, 2019). “In special Pride message, NBC anchor announces her engagement to a woman”. NBC News.
