Nancy Parker

Nancy Parker is a five-time Emmy Award-winning journalist who has covered news in New Orleans and South Louisiana for three decades. She anchors the 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. weekday newscasts on WVUE FOX 8 in New Orleans. Nancy began her television broadcast career at TV stations in Georgia and Alabama. After anchoring the news for several years at WAFB in Baton Rouge, she made New Orleans home. In addition to five Emmy Awards she has earned five Edward R. Murrow Awards for reporting and...See more

Nancy Parker is a five-time Emmy Award-winning journalist who has covered news in New Orleans and South Louisiana for three decades. She anchors the 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. weekday newscasts on WVUE FOX 8 in New Orleans. Nancy began her television broadcast career at TV stations in Georgia and Alabama. After anchoring the news for several years at WAFB in Baton Rouge, she made New Orleans home. In addition to five Emmy Awards she has earned five Edward R. Murrow Awards for reporting and documentary work. In 2018 she received the distinguished Suncoast Emmy Silver Circle Award for 25 years of excellence in broadcasting. Nancy was born and raised in Opelika, Alabama. She graduated with honors in Journalism from the University of Alabama and serves on the Board of Visitors for the University s School of Communications and Information Sciences. She recently received the Bert Bank Distinguished Alumni Award and is a Golden Life member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. See less