Peggy Fox Biography
Peggy Fox is an American award-winning journalist working as a multi-media journalist for WUSA9.
She attended Virginia Tech where she received a BA degree in Communications. Fox attended West Springfield High School. She used to work as an anchor and reporter in Charleston and Bluefield, West Virginia, USA.
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She is a married woman since she is married to her high school sweetheart.
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Peggy Fox Career | Peggy Fox WUSA9
Fox has covered numerous news including the Virginia Tech shootings, 9/11, Washington’s sniper shootings, the Oklahoma City bombing, the Panama Invasion, and the last four Presidential elections.
Peggy has received numerous awards including the 2007 Fairfax Partnership for Youth, Y-SAD, Youth Suicide and Depression Award for her stories on mental illness. She received an honor in 2007 by Justice for Children for Outstanding Reporting on Child Abuse and Domestic Violence.
She was also given a Certificate of Achievement by the Fairfax County Commission for Women for superior efforts in furthering the cause of Women in Media. Fox won two Emmys back in June 2009. One was for a breaking news story and another one for a series on her brother-in-law.
He was recovering from a brain injury he suffered in the Iraq war. She also won an Emmy award for her investigative report on childhood lead poisoning. The story prompted three local governments to remove playground equipment that was covered with lead paint.
Peggy Fox Dominion Energy
WUSA9 correspondent Peggy Fox declared on Facebook that she’s leaving the D.C.- based station and “beginning another experience!” She included that while she adored her vocation as a TV journalist, it was the ideal opportunity for her “to take a stab at something new.
“I’m leaving WUSA9 to be Dominion Energy’s Media-Communications Manager for Northern Virginia! “It’s hard to leave WUSA9 after almost 25 years—I’ve made such a significant number of companions and secured numerous significant stories throughout the years.
“I’ll always remember the numerous helpful individuals I’ve secured—casualties of wrongdoing or misuse who courageously talked reality and individuals with perilous illnesses or wounds who did unfathomable things.”
Experience
Media/Community Relations
Company Name Dominion Energy
Dates Employed Sep 2019 – Present
Employment Duration 1 mo
Company Name WUSA-TV
Total Duration 23 yrs 10 mos
Title Northern Virginia Bureau Chief
Dates Employed Dec 1995 – Present
Employment Duration 23 yrs 10 mos
Location Washington D.C. Metro Area
Peggy Fox is a four-time Emmy award-winning journalist who has been reporting and anchoring for WUSA9 since 1995.
As Northern Virginia Bureau Chief, Peggy has covered Virginia’s major news events including the racist photo scandal surrounding Virginia’s Governor, the corruption trial of Virginia’s former Governor, Virginia Tech shootings, 9-11, D.C. Sniper shootings and many more.
As part of WUSA9’s Special Assignment Unit, Peggy’s exclusive reports on a child sex abuse scandal and a school’s cover-up of sexual harassment received acclaim. She’s also reported extensively on sexual harassment in the workplace, Confederate monuments, Black History, and medical breakthroughs. She won an Emmy in 2018 for her story on the first-of-its-kind lymph node mapping procedure.
Peggy has also been awarded Emmys for breaking news, and for a series on her brother-in-law who has a brain injury from a shot to the head while serving in Iraq.
She’s most proud of her stories that give voice to the voiceless, help to correct wrongs, break down barriers and open minds.
Peggy’s personal background gives her special insight into Virginia. She is a native and resident of Fairfax County and a Virginia Tech Hokie. She grew up in Springfield where she met her husband, Tom, at West Springfield High School. They have two children and are active in the McLean Community.
Prior to coming to WUSA, Peggy was an anchor-reporter in Miami, Charlotte, NC, and West Virginia.
Title News Reporter, Anchor, Multi-Media Journalist
Dates Employed Dec 1995 – 2019
Employment Duration 24 yrs
Location Washington, D.C.
Four-time Emmy award winner, multi-media TV journalist reporting on breaking and general news stories.
Extensive experience in covering major news events: presidential elections, Former Va. Gov. Bob McDonnell corruption trial and Supreme Court hearing, Virginia Tech shootings, D.C. sniper shootings, high-profile trials, Oklahoma City bombing, investigative stories.
Generating daily story ideas,
Producing daily news reports; shooting, writing, editing.
Blog writing, web posting, Facebook and Twitter, Instagram.
Specializing in Northern Virginia news coverage with extensive contacts in local politics, courts, police, schools, and businesses. Written and delivered numerous speeches to audiences small and large.
Reporter-Anchor and Virginia Bureau Chief
Company Name WUSA TV
Dates Employed 1995 – Present
Employment Duration 24 yrs
Location Washington, D.C.
Anchor-Reporter
Company Name WTVJ Miami
Dates Employed Jan 1994 – Dec 1995
Employment Duration 2 yrs
Morning News Anchor, Reporter
Anchor, Reporter
Company Name WCNC-TV
Dates Employed Sep 1989 – Jan 1994
Employment Duration 4 yrs 5 mos
Evening News Anchor, reporter
Anchor, Reporter
Company Name WSAZ
Dates Employed 1987 – 1989
Employment Duration 2 yrs
Location Charleston, West Virginia
Find, research, interview sources, write, voice, and often shoot and edit daily stories for several newscasts. Appear on camera several times a day reporting or anchoring newscast. Blogging, web posting, Tweeting.
Reporter, Anchor
Company Name WVVA TV
Dates Employed 1986 – 1987
Employment Duration 1 yr
Find news stories, research, interview sources, write, often shoot or edit. Appear on camera with stories or anchoring newscasts.
Web post, Tweet, Blog.
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FOX ON THE MORNING ANCHOR DESK WITH ANDREA ROANE
Article by Peggy Fox
Award-winning 100-year old tree damaged in a storm
One of Arlington’s award-winning trees dropped a huge branch causing hundreds of power outages.
Power has slowly been coming back on in neighborhoods hard hit by Thursday night’s violent storms.
Arlington County was hit especially hard with thousands of customers losing power. But one “famous” tree put hundreds of people in the dark.
Busy Harrison Street in North Arlington has been closed since Dominion Energy Crews from Richmond rolled in to fix a downed power line.
Thursday’s storm brought down a massive branch from an old tree. The force was so great as it crashed to the ground, it pulled down a utility pole a 100 feet away.
Tamara Martin was at work when it happened.
“My partner called me about 12 times, so I knew something happened and I needed to come home,” said Martin.
When she found out what happened she was heartbroken. Because it’s not just any old tree.
“It’s an award-winning tree,” Martin said.
Every year, Arlington recognized notable trees, to highlight heir beauty and environmental benefits. Back in 2013, Arlington recognized Tamara’s American Linden tree.
“I was just shocked. As I said, this is our prized tree. Then to see, oh, my goodness, the damage,” she said. “But, everything else, it’s intact.”
Martin said she just had the tree trimmed to prevent something like this from happening. But, they’re thankful their beloved tree is still standing.
Most of all, they are thankful the huge branch didn’t hit a car, or worse, a person. They live near a few schools and a popular park.