Alison Burns joined the KFOX Washington bureau in 1999. On a daily basis, she covers news events in the Nation’s Capitol, looking for issues and angles that affect Texas and New Mexico. She’s been on the scene for major stories like the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon and the Anthrax attack at the Capitol. She also traveled to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to cover the detention and treatment of terror suspects held there.

Alison has conducted two one on one interviews with President George W. Bush at the White House questioning him about his controversial Iraq policies, but also getting his views on other issues of local importance like immigration, and the calls for him to pardon two Border Patrol agents jailed in January 2007.

In her special reports, Alison is an advocate for military veterans and their families. She’s uncovered stories about scams that rob veterans of their pensions; bureaucratic tangles that delay benefits for war widows; and military doctor shortages that leave soldiers with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder waiting for care they desperately need. Her report about a veteran getting a placebo instead of real medicine raised questions about how VA doctors were treating vets from the first Gulf War.

Prior to joining KFOX, Alison was a reporter and fill-in anchor at WTVQ-TV in Lexington, Ky. and a reporter and weekend anchor at WVIR-TV in Charlottesville, Va. Alison started her broadcasting career in radio as the morning news anchor and news director at WBQB-FM in Fredericksburg, Va.

Alison graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with a b.s. in journalism, and a minor in government and politics. Alison lives with her husband and son in Maryland.