Carol Fowler
Director of Content
Fowler has more than 25 years of journalism experience across multiple roles within newsrooms. Before joining 11Alive News, Fowler led the content strategy at KSDK in St. Louis. She is a native of Jackson, Mississippi, and a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia with a degree in Journalism.
Denisha Thomas
News Director
For more than a decade, Denisha Thomas’s career has taken her across the country - from being an intern in Atlanta, Georgia to working professionally in Jonesboro, Arkansas; Cleveland, Ohio; Buffalo, New York; Memphis, Tennessee and now, back to Atlanta. During this journey, she has been a game changer, growing her various stations’ ratings, standards and people.
Addie Haney
Director of Digital Content
Adrianne "Addie" Haney is an Atlanta native and EMMY Award-winning journalist, writer and the director of digital content for 11Alive News. As a digital journalist who has held multiple leadership roles, Addie relishes the ability to ask questions on a daily basis and constantly learn about new people, ideas, and concepts - always seeking the answer to "The Why."
Precious Goss
Senior Executive Producer
Precious Goss is Senior Executive Producer for 11Alive in Atlanta, Ga. She is a Mississippi native and joined the 11Alive team in December of 2016. Stories holding the powerful accountable and giving back to the community are the stories Precious enjoys telling the most.
Phillip Hendrix
Managing Editor
For the better part of 30 years, Phil Hendrix has worked in local television newsrooms both big and small. He worked his way up from his starting role as a photojournalist to various management roles, including managing editor at WXYZ in Detroit, where he led the desk during that time. He most recently worked at the network level with the Black News Channel and TheGrio as a Senior Producer.
Kristie Anderson
Director of Special Projects
Kristie Anderson is Director of Special Projects for 11Alive in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a Chicago native and joined the 11Alive team in October of 2012. Kristie seeks out stories to help connect our community, focusing on the greater impact and solutions to problems. Her passion for news started at a young age, fueled by her grandma’s involvement with political campaigns in Colorado.
Kevin Johnson
Manager of News Operations
Kevin Johnson started his broadcast career at WXIA-TV in January 1983 as a production assistant in the studio and in commercial production in the field. Within 2 years, he was promoted to the Engineering Department, working as a camera operator and videotape technician. He was soon promoted to supervisor of master control operations. Kevin later became the first Technical Operations Manager at the station. As the broadcast industry started to change in the digital realm, he met the challenge and broadened his area of expertise. Kevin was promoted again to his current role as News Operations Manager.
Jason Rodgers
Senior Streaming Producer
Jason Rodgers holds an MFA in film production and has deep experience on-set and in story development. Rodgers taught screenwriting and film production at the college level for many years before accepting a role at The Weather Channel, where he was one of the original hires brought on to help build their Local Now streaming app. At Local Now, he was part of a team that led growth from 4 local Atlanta markets in 2017 to over 100 cities nationwide by 2022 and won Cynopsis Media's award for Best Streaming News Service back-to-back in 2023 and 2024. He's excited as WXIA continues to develop forward-looking approaches for delivering best-in-class streaming content to our viewers.