An award-winning journalist and anchor at NBC5- KXAS-TV, Kristi Nelson is a long time member of the National Association of Black Journalists and recipient of several awards. One award was won for a multi-part documentary, “Kristi’s Gift,” that chronicled her donation of a kidney to her mother. She interned at The Dallas Weekly and The Dallas Morning News and she also worked at the Philadelphia Inquirer, Cincinnati Enquirer and National Basketball Association’s Communications Department, before returning home to work at NBC5. A member of the Gamma Beta Phi honor society and graduate of the University North Texas, Kristi was a Dupont Fellow and received a Masters Degree from Columbia University. She is the proud mother of son, Lucca.
