Dari Alexander

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Dari Alexander (born October 26, 1969) is the co-anchor of WNYW's weeknight 5 p.m. newscast, and previously a reporter and part-time anchor for the Fox News Channel.

In January 2006, Alexander and Fox News colleague, Rick Folbaum, were reassigned to WNYW's 6 p.m. news telecast, succeeding Ernie Anastos and Lyn Brown. Brown continued to anchor the midday edition of Fox 5 News until her retirement on June 30, 2007. Alexander and Folbaum have respectively substituted for the stations main anchors, Rosanna Scotto and Ernie Anastos, for the 6 and 10 p.m. news shows. They have also substituted on Good Day New York.

Prior to joining FNC, Alexander served as a weekend anchor/reporter for WFAA-TV (ABC) in Dallas and as a reporter/fill-in anchor at WCMH-TV (NBC) in Columbus, Ohio. She was also a weekday fill-in anchor at WHBF-TV (CBS) in Rock Island, Illinois.

Alexander began her career working as a reporter for a local Long Island news station and later, as an associate producer for CBS. She is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and New York University's (NYU) journalism program.