Will Ripley co-anchors CHANNEL 5 NEWS This Morning and reports for the afternoon and evening newscasts. He joined CHANNEL 5 NEWS in May 2004.
Will’s CHANNEL 5 NEWS reports have earned him three Regional Edward R. Murrow awards. He is the first reporter since 2005 to be honored by the Texas Association of Broadcasters with the Steve Pieringer award for outstanding valor in news coverage. Will has won five first place awards and three second place awards from the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters. He's been honored three times by The Headliners Foundation of Texas. During his time as co-anchor, CHANNEL 5 NEWS This Morning won a Lone Star EMMY for best morning newscast. Will’s reporting and anchoring has also been recognized with six Lone Star EMMY nominations.
Will's dance moves won him first place in the 2009 "Dancing with the Stars of Hidalgo County" charity competition. He volunteers his time for a number of local nonprofit organizations including Easter Seals, Boys & Girls Club of McAllen, Rio Grande Valley Diabetes Association, and various local schools and chambers of commerce. Readers of The Monitor voted Will "Favorite Local TV Personality" in 2009.
Before moving to the Rio Grande Valley, Will was a weekend news anchor and reporter for CBS affiliate KRCG-TV in Jefferson City, Missouri. He was also a reporter for NBC affiliate KOMU-TV in Columbia, Missouri.
Will got hooked on broadcast news while still in high school. He was an intern and student news reporter for Fox affiliate WTIC-TV in Hartford, Connecticut. He also did freelance on-camera work for The Weather Channel and served as News Director of his high school television station MHS-TV.
In college, Will also got a taste of print journalism. He was a reporter and photographer for The Columbia Missourian and VOX Magazine in Columbia, Missouri.
Will is proud to call himself a Mizzou Tiger. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism. He graduated from Manchester High School in Manchester, Connecticut.
When he’s not working, you can find Will at the gym, at the movies, or at home asleep!
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