Randy Travis Biography
Randy Travis is an American Peabody Award-winning Reporter/Anchor working for FOX 5 Atlanta. He serves the station as an investigative reporter. Travis joined WAGA-TV/FOX 5 Atlanta News in the year 1990.
Randy Travis Age
Travis likes to keep his personal life private hence has not yet disclosed the year and month he was born. It is therefore not known when he celebrates his birthday. However, he might be in his
Randy Travis Height
Travis stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches tall.
Randy Travis Family
Travis has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight hence he has not disclosed any information about his parents. It is also not known if Travis has any siblings.
Randy Travis Wife
Travis is very private about his personal life therefore it is not known if he is in any relationship. There are also no rumors of him being in any past relationship with anyone.
Randy Travis Net Worth
Travis has an estimated net worth of about $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned through his career as a reporter.
Randy Travis Salary
Travis earns an annual salary ranging between $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Randy Travis Career
Travis works for FOX 5 Atlanta news serving the station as an Investigative Reporter. He moved to the station’s distinguished investigative unit, the FOX 5 I-Team later in 1994. Since then, Travis’ stories have led to businesses closing that misled the public, exposed government waste, and corruption, and even sparked criminal investigations that ultimately sent people to prison.
Travis’ biggest accomplishment, though, was to keep the innocent from being jailed in the first place. A series of narrations in 2018 about police roadside drug test kits revealed how people wound up wrongly jailed because the tests falsely determined they had drugs in their car.
Travis’ investigation discovered 145 false positives in Georgia in just one year. That project, “$2 Tests: Bad Arrests,” prompted law enforcement companies worldwide to check their drug test package policies, with some dropping the use of them completely. That investigation as well won the prestigious 2018 Peabody Award, one of only 30 honorees from around the world.
Over the years, his investigative work has as well garnered two national Edward R. Murrow awards, plus more than 20 regional Emmy awards. He is as well the recipient of the Henry W. Grady Mid-Career Alumni Award from the University of Georgia. Randy was named to the Silver Circle, a lifetime achievement honor given by the Southeast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 2015.
Prior to joining FOX 5, he reported for WMC-TV in Memphis, TN; WYFF-TV in Greenville, SC, and WMAZ-TV in Macon. Travis’ first professional job in journalism came in 1979 as a sportswriter for his hometown newspaper, the Athens Banner-Herald. He as well worked full-time as a sports editor for the Athens Observer in 1982 while completing his journalism degree at the University of Georgia.
Randy Travis Illness
Randy was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at 29. To control his disease, he turned to run. Since then, he has become an avid marathoner and has competed in every Peachtree Road Race since 1993. He is as well a lifelong Braves fan, a choice that somehow has had no negative effect on his happy marriage.
Randy Travis Fox 5 Atlanta
Travis is working at Fox 5 Atlanta where he works alongside other famous Fox 5 Atlanta anchors and reporters including;
- Phil Kent
- Alex Whittler
- Janice Yu
- Christine Sperow
- Doug Evans
- Alyse Eady
- Deidra Dukes
- Denise Dillon
- Morse Diggs
- Cody Chaffins
- David Chandley
- Courtney Bryant
- Ryan Beesley
- Katie Beasley
- Claire Simms
- Russ Spencer
- Dale Russell
- Ken Rodriguez
- Aungelique Proctor
- Ron Gant
- Buck Lanford
- Lori Geary
- Tom Haynes
- Emilie Ikeda
- Janelle King
- Dana Fowle
- Natalie Fultz
- Joanne Feldman
- Marc Teichner
- Sharon Lawson
- Paul Milliken
- Kelly Price
- Kaitlyn Pratt
Randy Travis Social Media Platforms
Travis is active on his social media accounts and is often seen posting on his Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. He has over 85k followers on Twitter and over 14k followers on Facebook.
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