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Peggy Fox is a three-time Emmy award winning multi-media journalist who often shoots, writes and edits her own stories. She's covered some of the major news events of the past two decades such as the Virginia Tech shootings, 9/11, Washington's sniper shootings, the Oklahoma City Bombing, and the Panama Invasion. Peggy is also a mother of two and heads up the local mom's social-networking site, moms-like-me.com.
Peggy has a unique perspective for a Washington television newsperson. She's a Fairfax County native from Springfield who knows what the beltway was like before gridlock. She's now a resident of McLean and a Virginia Tech Alumnus. Stories she covers usually focus on Northern Virginia or parenting and motherhood issues.
Peggy Fox has been honored with numerous community awards, including the 2007 Fairfax Partnership for Youth, Y-SAD, Youth Suicide and Depression Award for her stories on mental illness. She was also honored in 2007 by Justice for Children for Outstanding Reporting on Child Abuse and Domestic Violence, and she was given a Certificate of Achievement by the Fairfax County Commission for Women for superior efforts in furthering the cause of Women in Media.
In June, 2009, Peggy won two Emmys, one for a breaking news story and the other for a series on her brother-in-law, Captain Pat Horan, who is recovering from a brain injury after being injured in the Iraq war. Earlier, she won an Emmy for her investigative report on childhood lead poisoning which prompted three local governments to remove playground equipment covered with lead paint.
Peggy has a BA degree in Communications from Virginia Tech. She's worked as an anchor and reporter in Charleston and Bluefield, West Virginia; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Miami, Florida. Peggy is married to Tom Horan, who was her high school sweetheart at West Springfield. They have two children and a dog.
