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
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.
It may be time to reconsider the need for flood insurance
If you have not considered flood insurance, Mother Nature's fickle new ways mean taking a second look.
Hurricane relief: A guide to access FEMA funding and more financial options
The federal government has issued states of emergency after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc across Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
New technology created to connect remote caregivers to elderly family
Elder care in America means a lot of things. But however you approach it, it takes time and money to be a good caregiver. There’s a new product that advertises it can help you care for a loved one remotely.
Expert says: Comparison shop every year for best car insurance rates
It seems that for a few years now, car insurance rates have been steadily increasing. Experian reports that in the last year, rates have risen by 22%, following a 17% increase the year before.
Consumer Reports flags 12 cinnamon products for dangerous lead content
One of the favorite fall spices, cinnamon, may now be headed for the trash can.
Boar's Head recall: Plant inspections going back 2 years show 'imminent threat'
New reports reveal problems at the now-closed Boar's Head plant connected to a deadly listeria outbreak went back two years. Inspection reports show there was an "imminent threat" to the public, but operations continued.