GRACE is thrilled to announce Laura Harris, Co-Anchor of NBC 5 Today will be emceeing the GRACE Gala for the 6th consecutive year. Laura Harris is a 3-time Emmy Award and Associated Press award-winning journalist who joined the NBC 5 team in September 2018. She can be seen co-anchoring NBC 5 Today weekday mornings from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m.
Some highlights of Laura’s career at NBC 5 include covering the Tokyo Olympics in the summer of 2021 and currently, at the 2024 Olympics in Paris!
Laura is no stranger to serving the community. She helped start the childhood literacy initiative at NBC 5 Reading With You. It’s an innovative program encouraging elementary-aged children to read at least one book a week throughout the summer to help combat summer learning loss, often referred to as the “summer slide.”
She came to Dallas-Fort Worth from the ABC affiliate in Tampa, Florida. Some highlights of Laura’s career at ABC Action News included covering President Barack Obama’s visit to Cuba in 2016 and covering the Tampa Bay Rays while they played the Cuban National Team in Havana. She also covered Pope Francis’ historic visit to Cuba in 2015.
On the political side, Laura covered both the Republican National Convention from Cleveland, Ohio, as well as the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia in 2016 .Before moving to Tampa; Laura was a morning anchor at the ABC affiliate in Charleston, South Carolina.
Laura is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., honorary co-chair for the 2024 Literacy Achieves Wings of Spring Gala and a board member for New Friends New Life.
She and her husband Patrick, who is on the Board of Governors for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, call Dallas home.
GRACE is truly honored and blessed to be able to announce Laura’s continued support and participation in the 21st Annual Gala that will be held on Saturday, November 2nd at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine, Texas.
Tables and Tickets sales for the GRACE Gala will open to the public on August 1st and can be purchased at GRACEgala.com. Sponsorships are currently available. For more information, contact Mark Woolverton, GRACE Chief Development Officer, at mwoolverton@gracegrapevine.org.
