Dana Fowle
Dana Fowle joined FOX 5 Atlanta as a general assignment reporter in 1995, and in August 1999 she joined the FOX 5 I-Team as the Consumer Reporter. Not long after she joined the I-Team, her investigation into Georgia’s child-welfare system helped change state child-care laws. After exposing how 5-year-old Terrell Peterson was tortured and starved while in foster care, she was honored with the prestigious Green Eyeshade award by the Society of Professional Journalists. Ultimately, this investigation helped lead to the reorganization of top management at the Department of Family and Children’s Services.
Before joining the FOX 5 news team, Dana was a reporter for WMAQ-TV in Chicago and an anchor and reporter for CLTV, also in Chicago. She was also reporter and weekend anchor in Lynchburg, Virginia. She began her career in radio in Richmond, Virginia.
Dana is an Emmy Award-winning journalist who has covered a wide range of stories. Soon after the September 11th terrorist attacks, she was reporting live from Ground Zero. During the U.S. bombing of Yugoslavia, she was filing reports from a military refueling plane over the Adriatic Sea. As a consumer investigator with the FOX 5 I-Team, Dana has put a stop to shady businesses and con men who have swindled thousands of dollars from innocent people. She won an Associated Press Award for Best Investigative Reporting after exposing a local modeling agent who took the trust and money from would-be models and actors.
Dana has worked with refugees teaching them how to assimilate into US culture and has received the volunteer of the year award from Catholic Social Services. In 2008, Dana won the Atlanta Press Club’s TV Journalist of the Year award.
A graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, Dana enjoys traveling and has hiked the Inca trail in Peru and traveled much of Western and Eastern Europe. She and her husband live in Atlanta.
The latest from Dana Fowle
Griffin renter's apartment moldy, wet 12 weeks after Hurricane Helene
The renter told the I-Team it was offered at a higher price she could not afford. Neither has documentation to support their assertions.
Possible holiday gift item on massive recall list, fire threat
Battery chargers are a big holiday gift these days, but there is a warning about one this year you need to know about.
Atlanta property owner beats city hall over $81K water bill, wins in court
A northwest Atlanta property owner felt she had no choice but to take the city to court after getting $81,000 in bills for a building with no running water. So she sued the Department of Watershed Management and won.
Merit Aid Grids directs students to untapped college scholarships nationwide
A new, free service called Merit Aid Grids can help show graduating students merit scholarship money they might not know is out there.
FTC order $1.9M returned to consumers over rental ad scheme
The Federal Trade Commission says the company impersonated property owners and then slyly enrolled customers in programs that they didn't agree to.
A year-end budget check-in gets you ready for 2025
If you're getting ready to make a list and check it twice, don't forget one more list: your year-end financial "to-do" list.
Woman takes Atlanta to court over uninhabited building's $76K water bill
The boarded-up Atlanta building has no working plumbing, but the city says the couple who inherited it owed tens of thousands of dollars for water. She's now taking the case to court.
50 years ago, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act gave women financial freedom
Monday marks the 50th anniversary of women getting the right to get a credit card without a man's signature.
Possible listeria-laced meats may be in hundreds of schools
The U.S. Agriculture Department reports more than 200 schools may have bought some of the lister-laced meat products for lunches. One of those is in Conyers, Georgia.
